I've started on the first sock!

Well, I got some yarn - it's cotton, which means people can say to my recipient "bless her cotton socks!" when she gets them. It feels quite soft. Yes, I know it's a lot - my wife wants me to knit her some too :) I really like the colour.


I've also got the first round completed! It wasn't too fiddly, and I swapped the first and last cast-on stitches before knitting the first round - a tip I've read a couple of times in different places. My first thought when the instructions said to do some k1-p1 ribbing was that I had to remember which row I was to make sure I started the right way... but then I remembered that I don't, as I'm knitting in the round!

Wish me luck! Actually, wish my recipient luck - she's going to need it!