This Way Lies Madness...

So the great big man socks are finally finished.

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These socks were cursed.

Mostly by me.

I bought the yarn in December, not realizing that I needed three balls for giant man feet, not two. Brought it home and promptly dumped it in the stash. Started the socks in March. Quickly realized I was going to run out of yarn when one ball only got my halfway down the foot. Went to buy more yarn, the yarn this store has carried for a zillion years, to find out it was discontinued and put on clearance. No yarn of this kind was to be found anywhere. (Although I admit, I didn't try the internet, because I didn't feel like using my credit card for one ball of yarn. Which would have led me to using my credit card for several balls of yarn.) So I bought a light coloured yarn that I thought I would do the heels and toes with. Started the second sock. Got halfway through and realized I really didn't like the light coloured yarn. Frogged it. Went and bought a dark gray yarn. Made a promise to myself that I would ignore the fact that one heel and cuff was plain gray and one patterned. It would be okay, they would be fraternal twins. I would NOT UNRAVEL  AN ENTIRE SOCK TO SATISFY MY OCD. This was in March.

I dithered about unravelling the sock. Dithered some more. The would be recipient of the socks started to nag. Kept on dithering until there was absolutely no time to reknit the first sock. Mission accomplished.

May rolls in. Started the second sock. Again.

Made it half an inch into the second sock and promptly lost a needle at a friend's birthday party. (Don't ask me why I was knitting at a birthday party - it's an illness.) Searched for the needle. Searched some more. Finally gave up and decided needle was truly lost. Went to three shops before I found another set of 2.5 mm Hiya Hiya DPNs in stock. Started the sock again. Unravelled the toe of the first sock so I could finish the second foot. Had a little cry. Reknit the first toe in dark gray. Finally, finally finished at the end of June.

Now I just need to weave in the ends.