Two weeks ago, with great trepidation, I started my first knit sock.  I am using Cat Bordhi’s book Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles.  I was a little concerned about learning to knit a sock strictly from the printed page, but I am feeling pretty good about my progress.  It LOOKS LIKE A SOCK!!!  Well, maybe like 2/3 of a sock, but I’m feeling a lot more optimistic now that I’ve gotten past the heel.

There are several sock patterns in this book, and they are organized in the book in order of difficulty.  Naturally I am doing the first pattern, which is a nice basic sock.  There is also a pattern for a pair of felted slippers that it would be fun to try.  They are pictured on the cover of the book in the upper right-hand corner.

I am using Lion Brand’s Magic Stripes yarn in Lumberjack - Black.  It’s a wool/nylon blend.  There are so many wonderful sock yarns available, and in so many colorways, I wish socks were faster to knit.  It would be fun to have a whole drawerful of hand-knit socks, but right now I’m just shooting for a whole pair that look somewhat like each other.

While working on this sock, I had kind of a weird thought:  I wonder how many single socks are floating around out there in blogland because either the knitter lost interest, didn’t have enough yarn, didn’t like how the first one came out, etc?  I have a family member (female) who has just one leg who could make use of just such an orphan sock. 

Sue