Twiddly Fingers

I'm plagued with Twiddly Finger Syndrome. :) My mother had it, my dad had it for a while, most of my cousins have it. Little known outside my family, TFS is a disorder characterized by an incessant need to constantly do something -- ANYTHING -- with your fingers. Sometimes this takes the form of smoking, sometimes eating, in other cases nail-biting. Having learned to channel this compulsion, I now put hooks and needles in my fingers and make things most of my family members don't need or want.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

SOCKS!

What seemed to me to be the single most difficult thing I could ever imagine is now REAL! I made a pair of socks! Yay!! I gave them to Mom as a birthday present. She likes them and thinks they're very warm and cozy.

METHOD:
Done in Lionbrand "Magic Stripes" self-striping washable sock yarn in "Sea Blue." One skein makes 2 socks. This was my first experience with double pointed needles, using #3s.

AND WHAT DID WE LEARN?:
Okay so there were a few holes, but I was able to patch those up. One is a teensy bit longer than the other, but not bad. I guess I should either learn to do these on 2 circs, or learn to count the rounds.