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For Ravelympics 2012!!1
This is my first year participating and I am excited to actually begin something on-time.  The team I am on is Team Tribute after The Hunger Games. WooHoo!!!
The project I am trying is my first pair of socks.

I have had to reknit the cuff several times. First, I measured the widest part of my foot like the book advises. Then I multiplied it my 5 stitches per inch.  Multipling 8.5 *5 gave me 48 stitches. The opening ceremonies were starting and I wanted to get started so I cast-on these and worked for about 5 rows.

After the Internet was available again, I looked up the gauge of the yarn I was knitting.  It turns out the yarn I was knitting is 4.5 stitches to the inch.  This gave me 39 stitches which was easily divisible by the 3 needles used to knit the socks.  I had 13 stitches per needle. Following the directions, the ribbing was worked in knit 3 purl 1 for about 2 inches.

It didn't match up.  It was always ending up with a knit 2 section before starting again. After feeling disgruntled, I read the instructions.  It said that these socks would be knit using a double ribbing, knit 2 purl 2, for the cuffs. 
Yikes, I had to restart again.  This time, cast on the 40 stitches to make the pattern work out. It turn out that 40 stitches was what the pattern suggested I cast on in the first place!! 
Sometimes you have to do things wrong 4 times to get it right once.

Regrouping

Well, I couldn't bring myself to cut my knitting yarn until I figured out what to do.
So now, I have decided to knit this hat.

Cat on a Hat

Right now I only have black chenille yarn but hopefully when I am finished I can find some scraps to make the face.
Here is a better picture of what it will look like

Hard to see the eyes but there like w's with v's underneath

On many of these blogs people get hats done in less than a day.  I don't think that will happen but I will try.  Right now I am longtail casting on 55 sts and working in Stockinette stitch.  Hope  it won't take too long.

This is not a video of me, but it seemed to show how to long tail cast on well.