The joy of socks

I have started to knit my first real pair of socks.  (I did a store sample of a slipper for a class at JoAnn a while back, but it wasn't really the same, and I didn't do a complete pair.)  This is with legitimate, tiny yarn and legitimate, tiny, double-pointed needles.

I have heard that when you start knitting socks, you become obsessed with it.  This is progressing a little too slowly for me to be confident it will become a big knitting staple for me, but I bet they will turn out cute (assuming they fit me).

Here we go...