The Hourglass socks

It seems that I have been working on this pair of socks forever. I say "pair" because socks come as a pair, but I am still on the first sock. I started the sock on Jan. 7, which is 16 days ago. Now I grant you, I did knit the green sweater for Pete, and I am working on the girly baby gift for Marti, but I have picked it up on several occasions and worked a few rows. It is a lovely pattern but one that requires a lot of patience and cabling and yarn overs and purling through the back of loops. Normally I wouldn't mind this at all. I love a challenge. But for some reason this one is getting to me.

You may also notice that there has never been a picture of said sock in progress. Not here, nor on my Ravelry page. Now this is most unusual for me. I try very hard to keep everything up to date and post progress pics right from the start. So the other night at our Knit Nite, I was again struggling with this sock, when someone said, "If they aren't making you happy, why don't you rip them out and knit something else?" Then I remembered Lucy Neatby's comment that knitting is supposed to be fun and there is no rule that says you have to finish something just because you started it. So:

To the frog pond they have gone. I did however leave the cuff, thinking that when I start another pair with this yarn, I will already have the cuff done. Assuming the next pair wants a 68 stitch cuff. But that's for later and for now, to quote James Brown, "I feel good, I knew that I would now" !!