Dye Day Socks Progress Report

As promised, I’m updating you on my knitting project. I’ve only started over once, changing from size 3 needles to size 2. All along the way I’ve been tutored by my dear friend Louise (Weezie) Bradley. She tells me to cast on 48 stitches. I cast on 48. She tells me to knit 7 inches and I do it. Last Sunday after our weekly hike she showed me how to start knitting the heel and in the process she discovered that I had been purling incorrectly—that would be for about 35 years. (I learned to knit in Iceland and therefore I’m a continental knitter.) I was so impressed with my friend’s ability to see what was wrong, fix it, and then show me how to correct my ways even though she herself is not a continental knitter. It’s good to have a seasoned mentor to show me the way.