My first pair of SOCKS!

I know right? For the rest of my life I will never put on another pair of socks without thinking about knitting these socks. I have had the yarn (Manos de Uruguay, Wool Clasica in 115 Flame) for about a year with intent that I would knit my mom a pair of socks. The one issue that was holding me back was that I have never knit a pair of socks. So the yarn got stored and time went by and Christmastime came around again. I made a cowl for my dad and wanted to knit something for my mom. They only thing I wanted to knit was the socks. So pattern and yarn in hand and gas in the car off to Stash I went. Crystal had to hold my hand through 98% of the first sock over a course of two days. I had no clue what I was doing. It said right there in black and white and in English no less but to me it just looked like Chinese. After going through the motions and Suzanne emotionally forcing me to get the second sock done, I did it! I did need a teeny bit of help on the second sock but close enough to doing it myself! So here are the results….two red socks, that are the same size and fit my mom perfectly!

I would like to thank the academy, ha ha, no….big thanks to Crystal and Suzanne for getting me through. Now to make a pair for me so I don't forget how to do it! :)