Blogging without pictures

It's not as fun, but it will have to do. At least I am taking pictures and as soon as I can use my husband's computer I will post them. I have finished one striped sock and I started the second one. I had never knit a toe up sock so I simply did a normal bind off and discovered it was too tight. This really needed a more flexible bind off, so I consulted Katharina Buss's "Big Book of Knitting" about the Kitchener bind off. The diagrams and pictures are great, but the explanations could go into a little more detail. It explains how to do a 1x1 ribbing bind off in the round, but no explanation was given for a 2x2 rib in the round, which was what I wanted to do. There was, however, an explanation for a 2x2 rib on straight needles, so I attempted that and failed miserably. I ended up frogging the 2x2 ribbing and tried instead the 1x1. It looks a little irregular but this is, after all, an experimental pair of socks. Come think about it, I'm not sure I dare to wear these striped socks anyway. If I try this again, I'll aim at narrower stripes, and colors I will actually want to wear (I don't like yellow much).