Needle hell

I started this about 2 1/2 year ago when I won some sock yarn at a yarn store drawing. I've never knit socks before, and personally, I think it's a waste of time when socks are mere dollars at the store. It just doesn't seem a good investment of my time when you're reaching 10 stitches per inch...

But, I since I won the yarn, I'd figured I'd give it a shot. I had never sewn up multiple pieces together before, so sock pattern that would knit up all in once piece was REALLY appealing to me. I chose the "Generic You're Putting Me On Socks" pattern.

I loved the fact that you just take measurements of your foot, and plug in values to figure out the stitches. All patterns should be like this!!! :)

So I had started a sock, and actually almost finished one about a year ago. (The sock actually fit onto my foot, but once I got past the heel and was time to go up the calf, I got bored and gave up.) So here was this lonely ankle sock... sitting in the closet, until now.

I pulled it out yesterday, hoping to get at least that sock completely finished. Then I had a crazy thought. On Knitty, they had an article about "extreme" knitting... double-knitting both socks at once...

The thought was too tempting...

In desperation to get two absolutely identical socks knit quickly, I completely ripped apart the existing sock. What a disaster!

Perhaps "extreme" knitting is best left to knitting beautiful tubes 4-5" in diameter. But what I discovered quickly is that the "You're Putting Me On" sock pattern starts at the toe with figure eight cast on..., and that doesn't quite work if you're adapting for double-knitting.

Regret came over me quickly as I suddenly missed that cute little anklet that fit perfectly on my foot.

So here I am. Starting over.

I am 3-4 rows in, and despising it already...