well i've finished my first pair of socks! YAY for me, everyone was right... they're not that hard once you get going!

here is a pic of the first one... i've since finished the second but it pretty much looks the same as the first... and i cant be bothered taking photo's and transferring them from the camera again! How lazy am I, it runs in the family BTW!:)

EDIT: oh and excuse the hairy leg... hey its WINTER HERE OKAY!!!! YEESH!

I totally stuffed up the grafting of the toe the first time i did it... so i ripped that out and tried again. Then with the second sock i got impatient and started the decreases too soon, so when i finished it was too small - DOH! Ripp back to before the decreases and start again.

So in total i did the grafting four times, just to get two socks right! At least i got some practice doing it and the last two times i tried it looked pretty good!!

One sock is still a bit smaller than the other but there is no way i'm completely frogging one and starting again. Now i'm going to have to wear them on monday to work so that buddies can see my first pair of homemade socks!!

I knit them with Bamboo yarn from Lincraft, i think it was called Bamboozeled. It turned out to be closer to sport weight yarn, I think about 4ply. Its suprisingly soft but has a sturdy feel to it as well, I think that they will wear well.... not sure about the washing mashine tho! I'll probably have to keep them in one of those speciatly bags when i wash them.... and no dont even suggest that i hand wash them.... i dont hand wash anything... and I put everything in the dryer as well.. PPPFT thats what electricity is for!

well i'm off to sew in some buttons that mysteriously fell off hubby's shirt.... **cough: in the dryer**cough ...... WHAT?!!?