The Process

Finally cast on... (learned how to do a cast on by hand which was really cool) I had first had a 50 stitch as my 100 percent (leg and largest circumference of foot) But found.. well that the ribbing and all such else such as dividing got pretty dumb. Besides that I felt really brain-dead actually sitting there trying to figure it out how exactly to connect those three dpn's. I knew it was just a matter of slowing myself down (reading) cause I get too hyper at first and I want to osmosis the whole book at once. Why isn't this possible?! Oh well... and when I can't figure something out... i get a bit aggravated. Especially when there's a big stupid fly stuck in the house buzzing around and you can't kill it. I don't want to be told "how to" unless I absolutely can't figure it out for myself from tutorials or books. Because it's more of a sense of accomplishment when I actually figure it out for myself. So anyway finally got my sock on and started some ribbing 4k 4p. I reduced the 50 stitches to 48 which can be divided by 3 Yay.

My initial reaction to knitting a sock.. OH shit.... there's math. I don't like math. I was never horrible at math.. but I just don't like it. I don't know why but it always just makes me groan when I see it. So hence the percentage checker on my list of useful links just in case my math is wrong. Oh I should find a nice calculator too. Ok well for now I'm satisfied I figured it out. I still have all the heel gusset and toe etc... so we'll see how I do. The rounds are actually fun to do once you get the hang of it. The hard part is "learning how". (for me anyway) I'll probably quit like 10 times.. in a day. But most likely I'll only take breaks as I call them. I don't like giving up not totally anyway. I give my failure a sense of comfort and then take it back when it least expects and stick it to it with a big grin. :D I did it! hehe. Well, it's late and I will call it a night. I must be ready for the battle of knitting my socks tomorrow. :)