I’ve just proved to myself that it pays to walk on the dark side, sock-knitting-wise.  I knit myself a lovely beige sock (Invicta) in the Hartshorn pattern from the 2nd Barbara Walker treasury.  I finished the first and turned to other knitting - a hat in bulky yarn, a slipper in super bulky, another slipper in worsted, and then a pair of wristers (fingerless gloves) also in worsted. 

 Then I went to make the second sock.  I steamed along merrily until I finished the heel (starting at the toe).  Then I compared it to the first one.  Hmmmm…..looks smaller. 

Tried it on - egad! no way can I get my foot in that.  Look at the socks again, more closely this time.  Holy cow - how did I manage to tighten up my gauge so much?  It’s hard to believe the same person knit both socks.

I should have stuck to my “chain smoking” method of knitting the second sock right after the first.

Right now, my plan is to make two pairs.  It’s a good excuse to go to Mary Maxim’s when I’m back in Michigan at the end of the month.  Hope they’ve got more of that yarn.