Please Sing Along to the Tune From Bonanza

We've got the right to knit a little knit, Bonanza!
We've got the right to knit a little knit, knit a little knit with you! Finished up the mitts, Christie took the pics, Bonanza!

Finished up the mitts, Christie took the pics, finished up the mitts with you!

Yarn of green

Yarn of blue

Think I will buy two! (Whoo!)

One of our kin has a baby needs socks, Bonanza!
One of our kin has a baby needs socks, gotta make socks with you!

Gotta get yarn, gotta get pink yarn, Bonanza!

Gotta get yarn, gotta get pink yarn, get pink yarn with you!

Lauren gave--

me more yarn,

and sock patterns, too!

(Yee-haw!)

Got to work on an old cross-stitch, Bonanza!

Shouldn't have more than an hour's work, sewing on dark blue!

Dark blue, ooh-ooh! (cue orchestral close)

Darn Socks!

These are the first socks I ever knitted. I made 'em for myself and enjoyed 'em. In fact, I walked right through 'em. Now and then I'd see 'em and say, "Oh, I have to fix those," and then put 'em away. At other times, I'd find the leftover yarn and say, "Oh, I could use this to fix those socks. Now, where did I put 'em?" and put the yarn away. But in a synchronicity that must have had something to do with this debillitating cold, the yarn and the socks appeared at the same time! So I googled "how to darn a sock" and found a very helpful video on You-Tube. Did I darn sock no. 1? Yes, indeedy, I did! It went along quite quickly. But, as I had plenty of leftover yarn, I decided to try my original idea and unknit sock no. 2 past the hole and reknit it. That way I could see and feel the difference. I did so, taking about four times as long.

Then came the test. I walked in 'em. And what did I say? "Darn!" Sock no. 1, aka "the darned sock" bothered me: pushed right up against my foot and told me it had been worked on. So I gave it the same treatment as sock no. 2. Now they match.
Here's what I'm hoping: that the darning wouldn't be as much as a problem with actual sock weight yarns rather that this thick worsted weight that these socks are made from. I'm not giving up yet.

Next: check out these darling fingerless mitts! The pattern's not hard and they are flying off my needles! Not only that, they're one skein wonders! (And boy, do I have a lot of orphan skeins!)
Stashbuster Alert: I'm using yarn I already have! This is Classic Elite Fame: a combination of rayon and silk. Somebody on Ravelry used it to make these sweethearts already, so I just kinda followed her lead.