Many congratulations, Susan! I love the color. Your pal there is really cute, too.

I haven't finished my first pair of socks yet. I'm currently working on my Irish Hiking scarf and a hat.

The first sock I made was a little tight. I guess it just takes practice.

Oh thanks, Wendy! There is a lot to learn with socks, isn't there?

My hiking scarf is almost done. Those cables are fun.

Good job, Socks.

The sox are lovely! great color.
I am sure you have figured out by now that you didn't decrease enough at the heel gussets....you need to decrease to the number of stitches you started with.
Linda C

Yikes! Linda, no, I have not figured anything out!! :-)

I followed the pattern strictly and did decrease down to the original 56 stitches I started with, 14 on each needle.

Are you thinking my sock is too big because I did not decrease enough? The sock is called a women's large or men's medium. Maybe that's why it seems so big. My gauge is ok, so I think I need to make the woman's small-medium next time (cast on 48).

As always, I appreciate your help.

Looks good, socks!

Socks, they LOVE to help, don't they? I haven't tried anything with the eyelash yarn that's so popular now because I'm afraid I'd never get the cats to leave it alone! When our younger cat was new to our house, she grabbed a ball of yarn attached to a crocheted afghan and took off with it. I don't know how much unraveled before I caught up with her!