Who would have thought that was half the leg done already? It looks too short, but there you go. So far so good. I feel forced to admit that most of my problems with the first sock were almost certainly to do with biting off more than I could comfortably chew and finding the steep learning curve somewhat uncomfortable. The second sock has been far easier. The leg is still a little slower and more annoying than the foot of the first sock but it’s nothing like the chore that the leg of the first sock was. Plus I am far more motivated now that I know how thrilling the finished sock will be!

What has really been far easier second time round is the cuff. I applied a little common sense this time and divided the stitches onto the needles as per the pattern repeats rather than evenly across each needle. Two pattern repeats on three needles and only one repeat on the third. I also had the good sense to actually use some of my ridiculously large collection of stitch markers. I can’t remember how many mistakes I made in the first cuff but I only made two in this one and both of them were fixable on the next round by dropping and rearranging stitches, no ripping required. Yay for stitch markers!

And finally, thankyou all for your kind thoughts for my IVF cycle. The embryo is now on board and the waiting has begun. My posts may be a little thin over the coming week, inch by inch sock progress is hardly thrilling, my mother is visiting and well, all this waiting is more than a little time consuming.