Socks are not for me

I am destined to never knit a pair of socks.  The first pair (toe-up) I attempted were fine until I got to my apparently large ankles…they were frogged.  The second pair got even further, I made it all the way past the heel and ankle and then I lost a needle.  That pair was being worked with size 2 needles and a sport weight yarn and it it still sitting around waiting to be finished.  Then I tried yet again.  This time I noticed that one of my size 1 DPN’s was splitting at the tip.  Not fun.  So I head on down to my favorite yarn store and buy some more (along with a fair amount of yarn and other goodies).  The other night I was knitting right along and one of the needles snapped in half!  I know that can happen, but I didn’t expect it within a week of purchase!  So I head back to the yarn store to see what can be done (this time I made it out with only one skein of yarn!), and sadly they are all out of size 1.  Maybe I should take it as a sign…no more knitted socks for me.  Of course that could change when my new needles arrive lol.  In the meantime, I have decided to attempt to crochet a pair.  I have started on this pattern which has been really easy so far.  Crocheted socks…who knew?

An a totally different subject, I managed to rip off a nice chunk of my thumbnail recently.  So, as you can imagine, that makes crocheting a bit difficult.  Sadly that means the pattern I am currently working on will be delayed a bit.  Until then, feel free to join the Beansprout Creations flickr group and post some pictures of your finished products!

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