It really is an illness...

About a year and a half ago, I rediscovered knitting. I had learned to knit in college -- there were classes being offered at student center. I knit lots of things and bought lots of yarn but about 10 years ago, I decided to pare back on crafts and knitting is one of the things that went by the wayside.
But then I discovered how much fun it can be to knit your own socks. Since I started knitting socks, I've knit over 30 pairs. I've given some away but most of them have been for me. I own very few store bought socks now since it really is more fun to wear something I made myself. Plus I can knit socks in all sorts of patterns and pretty colors.

My youngest sister owed me some money and I told her she could pay me in sock yarn. The box arrived and it was so much fun to open -- all these pretty skeins of yarn just waiting to be turned into something pretty.

I am expanding my horizons into cowls (that's for your neck) and gloves.

Knitting your own socks is more expensive than buying your standard bag of 8 pairs of white socks at Target BUT it is cheaper than treating myself to ice cream and less fattening too. And yes, I admit that knitting socks is probably considered odd by most people, but at least I'm having fun!

This post is dedicated to Monica...my personal knitting enabler :-)