Knitting Socks

My Dad called me one day in January, before his birthday on the 23rd, asking me if I knew how to knit socks. I told him I hadn't before but I could figure it out. He said he wanted some nice socks to wear around the house. I thought this would be a great birthday gift for him, even if it would be a little late. On his birthday I went and got some yarn. I found a pattern on the internet to use that sounded good and not too complicated for this beginner sock knitter. Then I got started. I got to a point in the pattern where I had no idea what to do and my Stitch and Bitch wasn't any help. I emailed the woman who wrote the pattern and asked her for help. She directed me to a website that had videos about how to knit things. It was amazing and totally helped me figure out how to move on. I wish I would have taken a picture of the finished product. It was a bit ridiculous how big and mis-shapen it was. So, I took it out and started over. What you see in this picture is take two, the smaller sock, and take three, the larger sock. Some day, I might get this right. As for now, I have to get to the yarn store to get some more to make matches for these two. Sorry Dad, you might get these sometime this year!