I Have Big Feet, But Now They Are Warm

No seriously, big feet. I wear US size 10 in Women's (but the past few tennis shoes that I've purchased are from the Men's section, and are size 8.5). This means that my foot is about 10 inches long.
That's a lot of foot.

And that's a lot of knitting.

Oh, knitting we say?
Yes.
Because I've knit myself a pair of socks. A whole pair. And whole socks.

It's magic. Magic, I tell you.

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The pattern is one that I don't even remember how I found, but found I did. It's ribbed, and can I just say that I am kind of tired of ribbing now? 8 inches for the leg, then the top of the foot to the toe decreases...times two...so, tired of ribbing.

According the pattern designer, the pattern uses a Dutch (or Band) Heel and a Wedge Toe.
I dunno what any of that means, but the toes are shaped nicely, and the heels are just about well fitted.
The sizing overall is great (I made the Women's Large, as you could guess), other than the leg, but that's an issue of my own, not of the pattern - I do not, uh, have slender legs. Which means that, uh, longer socks do not stay up on my calf, no matter what I do - the socks want to fall down to my ankles (path of least resistance nonsense, and whatnot). But that's not the fault of the pattern, and also something that I figured would be an issue with socks that have any kind of leg (I only buy and wear ankle socks).

The first sock took from last-last Sunday to last Friday night. I felt like I did so well! 6 days for a whole sock! That's amazing, right?
Then the second sock was cast on Friday night and did three rows of the cuff, and then worked over the weekend and finished Monday.
6 days for the first, 3 days for the second.
I'm pretty sure knitting is a time-warp of sorts - this type of thing has happened to me before.

The funny part is that the Mister said that it would take me half the time to do the second. I'm not sure how these things work, but I am not sad about it in any way.
And it means I had a pair of socks in 9 days instead of 12 (or more).

Now, the problems.
I used 2.75mm/US 2 needles. I used a 9-inch circular (which I highly recommend!) and 5-inch double-points for the heels and toes. And, from what I understand, 2.75mm is a larger-sized needle for socks. And I can tell in the finished objects that the fabric made is not super-duper tight (and I'm alright with that, since it means I will be able to have socks at 64 stitches (more than likely) with this needle size, than having to go down in needle size and do more stitches).
The yarn (which, apparently, Michael's themselves cannot even get a good picture of, so far as the color goes - I used "Mauve"), however, is labeled as a weight-1. Ravelry, however, has it labeled as a weight-0. Which means it's thinner than your average sock yarn (and thinner it is, compared to a skein of Patons Kroy that I have, but I've also heard that the Kroy is a heavier-weighted sock yarn (but still technically sock yarn)).
This together means that I had smaller yet larger socks...smaller yarn, but larger stitches. I'm not sure if this will mean that any subsequent socks will need a different stitch count (we will see when we get to that, eh?) but for now I'm going to stick with the idea of a 64 stitch sock on 2.75mm needles.

At the same time, my socks, because of the needle/yarn combination, have a thinner fabric. Stretched out more, I guess you could say. And it's obvious. The ribbing stretches out quite a bit (as it should) but it also shows a decent amount of foot underneath. I'm fine with this, though, because I do not plan to wear these out of the house, and they are a sturdy enough fabric for my desires.
They are toasty.

I have socks, though.
For my feet.
That I made.
Myself.
By knitting.
And it took 9 days.
Life is weird, y'all.

And of course, this means I'm dreaming of a drawer full of socks and in all sorts of colors and patterns and whatnots. Looking online for all the different kinds of sock yarn that I could get my hands on, and wishing to win the lottery, because if you are familiar with yarn at all, it can be expensive. If you look at "luxury" yarn (which, uh, is pretty much anything beyond acrylic), it can be really expensive. Maybe the yarn-fairies will visit for my birthday.
One can dream.

~Havok

P.S. The funny part about all of this? I don't really even like socks, and I go without them as often as I can. I must wear socks in tennis shoes and things, but if I'm home, 95% of the time, I am sockless. Apparently, that is going to  change.
P.P.S. I'm learning German, and I've learned that one way to say "my husband" is "meine Mann" - literally, my man. So, saying "my Mister" all of this time has been correct...if only in German. ;)