One sock just ain't enough!

I figured it out! - lots of revalations last night - one was that I am able to knit a sock - I was a little mixed up at the toe because I didn't read my directions slowly until I understood them - I did figure it out though, and it looks good even with the "making it up as I go" knitting I did on a few stitches (hehe)... NOW I hear about SSS (Second Sock Syndrome) and I know about it.... but I haven't had it *yet*.... I thought last night that if I just cut off my other foot, then I only need one sock... it'd save me time in knitting socks for myself...


This is not a good idea, however. Cutting your foot off would make it more difficult to walk, and it's not a desirable fate. Lots of folks have to deal with missing a foot or leg - I also kind of think that the healing time and pain associated with chopping my foot off are a greater burden than just sitting down and knitting sock #2. I did not cast on the second sock last night - mostly because it was getting late, and we were watching a tribute to Hal Fishman (the KTLA news anchor who passed away yesterday) I was tired and getting a little sad thinking about my dad, and it was so late that I needed not to start it yet... I want to try to find a similar repeat location in the next ball of yarn so that I maybe get a similar patter on sock #2.

I listened to Lime n' Violet on the way into work today, and they had 2 neat websites to mention... LittleKnits and Gosh Yarn It! which both look like good places to shop... I have also been digging around on the net for a place to buy my spinning wheel - I think Paradise Fibers is going to be the place - it seems to be a good site full of lots of roving and materials and I want to buy my wheel (the Kromski Minstrel in Walnut) from a place that offers lots of other goodies - so that I build a relationship with them. I would, of course, buy it locally from my LFS (Local Fiber Shop) but I don't think they offer Kromski wheels...

That's it for now - I'm happy about my sock - and excited about the wheel :) If anyone has any suggestions about buying a spinning wheel please let me know - I take my first spinning class on Saturday and I just know that I'm going to love it :) - if I am not somehow convinced otherwise, I will probably buy the Minstrel next week!