Knitting Socks

Since this blog is supposed to also (occasionally) be about more than food and cooking, and to cover other "life crafts", as I call them, a word about knitting. I took up knitting a couple of years ago - it always intrigued me as I love knitted things and working with my hands and intense, beautiful colors. I like the "worry-bead" aspect of knitting, and the fact that you can (usually, unless the pattern's more complex) can talk to people while you do it. I have a number of knitting projects going - a sweater, a long-sleeved dressy top, an afghan (I took a year-long afghan project class and almost finished) - but I've always wanted to learn to knit socks.

Our local, wonderful, knitting and crochet store offered a 4-session beginning sock knitting class, and I signed up. Tonight's the last session, and I hope to have a photo of a finished sock soon - it's in a beautiful self-striping yarn. The second sock is well on its way, and I'm planning to pick out a new pattern tonight. I've already got my eye on a lovely purple multi-toned yarn for my next pair!