Little Sock That Could™

I try very hard not to make promises I can’t keep. It is one of the quirky things about me which drives the children absolutely freaking insane.

The Princess: Can we go to the mall this weekend and buy jeans?

CursingMama: Maybe, we’ll have to see.

The Princess: Why Not!?!

CursingMama: I don’t make promises I can’t keep. We’ll have to wait and see what the weekend brings. I might have time, I might not.

Never Forget – I am totally unreasonable.

Because I alluded to the possibility of a discussion of the Little Sock That Could™ today I am feeling fairly confident that it wasn’t a promise – but only a suggestion,

a “Maybe, we’ll have to see”

I believe we can see…….
I have, in fact, completed the knitting on the very first Little Sock That Could™.

As modeled by the very relieved owner, The Princess

I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, the striping looks good, the colors scream Princess, the knitting itself is really consistent and there are only a few minor issues. Issues that I know about, and since this is apparently “Full Disclosure Week” you are also going to be made aware of.

I have decided it qualifies as “good enough” considering it is the first sock I have ever knit. So I’m ignoring the issues and moving on to the second sock.

I do not plan on repeating these issues on the second sock – but you know what they say about the best laid plans. (For the record I have finished knitting all of the ribbing on the second sock and am preparing for heel flapping during Greys Anatomy tonight)

I Would Never Abuse This Trust

Cross Posted from the other joint

It's time to throw up the bat signal.

Thank Goodness Bookish Wendy came up with this!

So, despite all evidence to the contrary I have continued knitting along on the The Little Sock That Could™ even though there is a small little hole where I picked up the stitches for the gusset. (Per The Princess The Harlot reports this is not unusual and will go away when things get a little fuzzy) (see how I even know the terminology - I'm like a real live knitter now)

Knit - knit - knit - Some of the gusset isn't really pretty - but I'll live with it. Or rather The Princess will live with it, and quite honestly it's in the damn shoe and I'm going to beg her not to show them off to anyone.

(imagine pictures here I'm not alone in the office and taking pictures is not easily explained) (It's particularly difficult to explain taking pictures of my big foot stuffed into a sock sized for The Princess under my desk to get the proper lighting) (unfortunately trying to use the ladies restroom isn't a good alternative either)

And now I need to know:

• When do I start decreasing for the toe?
• Is there some magical place like knuckle area of the pinkie toe I know nothing about?
• Whose damn idea was this sock knitting thing anyway?
  
• How many rows will it take to go from full size to toe size?
• What the hell have I gotten myself into?

Since I'm not ballsy enough to email Cat Bordhi (I'm using her book to wing my way through this whole ordeal procedure) and ask - I'm depending on you (Chris, Jeanne, Beadslut, Annie, Hillary......you know who you are -)(although do you toe-up people appreciate the pain I'm in here?) to help me out before I cast myself upon the needles in a last sacrifice to the Knitting Goddess.
Overly Dramatic? I think not!