Sock of The Ages

Finally, finally the Earl Gray socks are done! I would have put them on and done a little dance in them, but they aren't for me.



These socks were ridiculous to complete, not because they were hard - it was a lovely and straightforward pattern. No, it was because I kept losing things. Repeatedly. First, I lost half the pattern while waiting for a movie and ended up with my first half sock on stitch holders and me casting on for the second. Then, I lost a needle at the park, so I put the second sock on stitch holders so I could do the heel flap on the first, since that only needed two needles. At one point I misplaced all of my stitch markers and ended up with a small Dora the Explorer charm holding my place. Almost finished my second sock, I hopped into the car, headed to my mother's house, and pulled out my sock to discover I had misplaced a needle again. Luckily my Mom knits, and I stole one of hers. I managed to limp along to the finish line, with four mismatched needles.