Blogging is therapeutic

It's true. After the last post, I picked up the gray sock on the needles and thought I should be able to do something. So, that night, I forced the victim the recipient to try it on ... and he was forced pleased to tell me that the sock fitted alright!

So, I picked up what was left to be done and finished the sock. Yes! Finished!

When I started this sock, my major concern was to find a way to make a really stretchy cuff. I was never totally happy with the elastic experiment. First, the colours didn't match. Second, there is always the possibility that the elastic gets lax.

And this was when I felt maybe the holding up of the sock was a blessing. I love how the neckband of Husband's sweater was done because it gives a nice stretchy finish. Then, why not use it on the sock cuff? Only that I had to whip stitch the live stitches really really close ... maybe just 2 rows down:
What you see here is the sock turned inside out because that made the sewing a lot easier. When it was done, it looks like this:
So far, I am happy with it. What is left to be done is for the recipient to try it on again.