Instant Gratification

or not...

I can understand the appeal of knitting socks. The yarns are lovely. From a knitting cost standpoint, it's cheaper than sweater knitting (tho not cheap) and you can play with fun stitches.

So why do I find them so unsatisfactory? I can crank out a sock in a little better than a day:


Yet I don't get the same sense of accomplishment. I don't love it. I know I have an other to knit, but there just isn't the same level of satisfaction when I knit socks.

Maybe because I won't be wearing it often? Maybe because they're not as "seen" as a sweater? (hey, it does stroke the ego when you knit a sweater and people tell you how lovely it is... even non knitters).

So while I struggle with trying to finish big projects, I thought a little sock knitting thrown in might give me that sense of "instant gratification"... yet I'm not feeling gratified. Sigh... back to ye old sweaters (oh ya... I guess I have to knit the other sock now).