My Irrational Fear of Socks

Hey y'all. Despite the title, I do not have an irrational fear of socks, but for the longest time I had an irrational fear of knitting them!

I bought this absolutely beautiful yarn (Classic Elite Yarns Alpaca Sox) in a very pretty blue-green color with the intention of making socks.

Now imagine the yarn and needles sitting in a project bag in the bottom of my work in progress basket for 2 years...

Then, November 5th, 2012 I was brave and I casted on. Here we are April 18th, 2014 (another 2ish years later) and I have almost finished said sock (only the first one) and I realized that my fears were unwarranted! Socks are not actually that scary.

I am making the Hourglass Rib Socks by Chrissy Gardiner, from the wonderful book Knitted Gifts by Interweave and Ann Budd. If you are looking for a fun books of projects to make for family and friends, I recommend this one!

So, I am almost finished with the first sock. And I am having a lot of fun realizing that socks are not that scary after all. I am a little ashamed of the fact that I waited so long to make these. My only excuse is that I am busy with college, and well 4 years ago, high school, and well... the reality is that I was scared of making socks. Not to worry, I have conquered my irrational fear, and when I finish these babies, I am sure I will be happy with the result!

I apologize for the awful work in project picture, more pictures to come and more progress to be made. As usual, I will keep you updated!

For any of you Ravelers (those who use Ravely) my account is knitfierce (http://www.ravelry.com/people/knitfierce) feel free to friend me and check out my projects!

The project page to this particular project is here (http://ravel.me/knitfierce/hrs).