Sock Talk.

I finished the first Wise Hilda's ribbed sock this morning. Took me exactly a week. I'm pretty pleased with that,  seems like a perfectly acceptable length of time to knit a sock. Or it did until someone asked me how long it took and when I told them that it took about a week they looked at me like "for a sock? really??" but was obviously too polite to say anything. She's not a knitter though, so I'm not going to let myself feel bad about how long it takes me to knit an item until a knitter looks at me with that same pitying scorn. And then of course, I will have to stab said person in the neck with my needles. (kidding!)

I do not think sock #2 will be finished in a week-I got a lot of that sock done in the car and unless I can convince M to drive me around for 4 hours over the weekend, the second one will probably take almost 2 weeks to complete.
 I finished it while watching the end of season 2 of The Killing. (Loved it, btw)

I'm a little concerned that I won't have enough yarn to finish the 2nd sock. I should be knitting this sock on smaller needles, but I didn't have 2.5mm dpns when I started the sock, and 2.25mm dpns seemed way too small for my feet. My first pair of socks were knit on 2.75mm dpns, and they had more sts, and are kind of baggy (tho not uncomfortable). These socks are ribbed, and with less sts so the fit is definitely better. I may do another pair of Wise Hilda's basic ribbed on the 2.5mmdpns to see how those fit before I start any fancy socks.

Some pictures from the sock when it was still a wip:

Part of the reason I waited so long to knit socks was because the whole concept of doing the heel seemed so intimidating! 3 socks in and it's my favourite part! I feel like a real bad-ass after successfully turning a heel. Plus, I like short rows.

Finished!

On foot!


I used the three needle bind off, instead of the grafted toe, because it's awesome and I love it.

Second sock has been cast on.

Now I need to brainstorm a reason for a long drive...