March Madness

Months ago, I declared an interest in learning to knit socks. This is a more complicated thing than the standard hats and scarves I've done to date; socks are knit in the round, so they traditionally use a bunch of double point needles (dpn's) that look a whole lot like long toothpicks. The thought of being coordinated enough to manage this was an intimidating thing for me, as I do not have a long track record of being gifted with a high degree of coordination. Okay, so I'm a klutz.

However, once Lent and Holy Week were past, I decided that this was as good a time as any to give it a shot. My own little challenge, if you will, in the midst of March Madness. And after several false starts, it's actually working! The knitters at one of my churches have been quite helpful, as have the good folks at Wild Purls-- a lovely, friendly little yarn shop in Billings.

Behold, the sock!

You'll note that this was last week, before the NCAA tournament ended. I've made more progress since then, and am almost up (or down?) to the heel.

(Yes, I fill in my own brackets as the tournament goes on. The highlighter colors help to track various conferences. What's that? OCD? No, I don't think so. Just... organized.)