Friday, October 21, 2011

Fiber Arts Friday: First Socks Finished!

As I mentioned last week, things have been sorta crazy around here.  I did however, steal a little time on Friday and Saturday evenings to work on the heel of sock #2.

Notice anything wrong with the heel?

There is a reason why one should not knit when one is tired.  :-/

I was thinking the heel seemed more difficult to work than the last one, but I figured it was because I was tired.  Everything is more difficult when you are tired, right?  So I didn't realized the mistake until Sunday morning.  Of course I did not use any lifelines because I was so confident from my last sock.  :-/

This is a reminder, if you have even the littlest thought about adding a lifeline, you should do it.

Fortunately, by the middle of the week, sock #2 looked like this...


And then sometime during my trip home on yesterday, it looked like this...


I spent a few minutes after I (finally) got home to disconnect the sock from the ball of yarn and weaved in the ends.  So...

 Ta Da!  A Pair of Matching Socks!!


Happy Fiber Arts Friday, indeed.  Make sure you visit everyone else who's linked in over at Wisdom Begins in Wonder and have a great day!

13 comments:

Heather Woollove said...

Congratulations!! They look great, Kathryn!

pinkundine said...

Yay! They look great :D Love the colour

Vivian said...

The socks look great! now you need a new project, or a few ;-)

Voie de Vie said...

Ok, I'm such a sock loser I couldn't identify what was wrong in the first photo. :) Yours are great ... but I'm just not on this sock bandwagon. No. Nosireebob.

Alittlebitsheepish said...

Congratulations on the pair of socks, they look great

Melissa Plank said...

They turned out great! I love the color, they look so cute and cozy!

Kathryn Ray said...

@VdV - the first heel is the size and shape for a really big toe. ;-)

Kathryn Ray said...

@Vivian - I have plenty of projects, do you worry. ;-)

Kathryn Ray said...

I mean doN'T you worry. :-/

Kristi aka Fiber Fool said...

I'm sorry about your tired heel mistake. But you bounced back quite well. That's a mighty fine pair of socks! What's next? ;-)

The Knitting Dr said...

Lovely socks! Congratulations! :)

WonderWhyGal said...

Hooray for completing your socks! They are totally rock star and I hope your hubby enjoys them.

Spinster Beth said...

Yay! Another dpn sock knitter! I love the color !