And now there are two!

Against all odds, the long suffering toe up socks are done!

I was about to rip them out when two knitting friends talked me out of it. Not only that, but the decrease portion of the heel which were giving me the most problems, was generously knit by a friend. (Em, you are awesome!)
I finished up the cuff of the 2nd sock tonight, and bound off too tight, so it's a little bit of a fight to get one of them over my big heel, but I'm not undoing it! These things are done !

Toe-up Socks with a Sherman Heel
Yarn: 1. 5 skeins of a Japanese extra fine merino
Japanese size 2 Clover bamboo dpns
Magic 8 cast on, 60 st. foot, modified no wrap Sherman Heel

Honestly these were the single most frustrating items I've ever knit. I started them in May 2006, and it took me almost 10 months.
I think if I had not started and stopped so many times, it would have been much easier. I didn't have time to knit for a good couple months, and had forgotten exactly how to do the heel. The toe and foot were actually quite simple, and painless.
I'm just not a sock knitter, is the conclusion of this experiment. The teeny tiny needles, the fiddly-ness of dpns, the heel of doom, and the simple fact that I have to make TWO socks.
A sneak peak at the little Casey's Coat from SNBN. One sleeve down, one to go!

Soon to be extinct

Toe-up socks of doom, your time has come to an end. I started you last May (that's 2006 people!) and you have sat gathering dust on my desk, taunting me with your unfinish-able state since September, the last time I deigned to knit you. Your second heel is the bane of my existence. I tried, really tried to finish the heel. I've spared the close-up pictures of the loose, holey excuse of a heel. The short row decreases are done, but I can not remember if I have switched to increases or not, and your tiny, tiny stitches tell me nothing. Which is sad because your yarn is absolutely gorgeous.
The part that annoys me the most? Count the number of Clover size 2 double pointed needles in the picture.

4
I bought a set of 5.

I finally get the urge to just finish you off, but I've lost a needle. I've torn my room apart looking for it, and can only wonder if the needle has wormed it's way into a hole in the space-time continuum.
I've never lost needles before! I almost bought a new set of needles in a moment of weakness last night simply because not having the full set of 5 irritates me to no end.
Yes, I know I can still use my set with only 4 needles, but still. That was my last drop of motivation for these doomed from the start socks.

So, tonight, the frogging will begin. Any suggestions for the yarn? I'm thinking mittens, or a hat.

Happy Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve,
and didn't party too hard!

In 2007 I will :
1. Graduate from college!
2. Turn 23 years old o_o;;

and try to:
1. Find a job after graduation >_<
2. Spend less money
3. Keep my room clean for more than a week at a time
4. Sleep at night, not in class
5. Exercise more!
6.Speak more Japanese/Chinese/Korean!