Hi, yes I'm knitting mad at the moment! I've just finished my first sock! Well it's the second really but the first didnt actually look much like a sock so much as a boot (I got the tension wrong
). This pair is also intended as a Christmas pressie for my mum. This is the first time I have knitted using 4 needles and I am loving it. I've also recently knitted a pair of slippers and a hat with ear flaps and am in the middle of a matching scarf (all Christmas presents). I was lucky enough to purchase from someone on another forum, for 20 euros, three big sacks of wool, all sorts of colours and types, some odd balls, some packs of around 500g, some 300g, thick, thin, mohair. I'm like a child in a sweetshop deciding what to knit next, everyone in my family will be getting knitted Christmas pressies this year! I subscribe to magazine called "Lets Knit" which arrives every month and has lots of patterns and a free gift each month (usually needles). I'm also crocheting a bed cover made of Afgan squares which is an ongoing project. Trouble is every so often I have to have a few days off knitting as I am getting quite bad arthritis in my hands and they play up a bit with too much knitting.