Fluffbuff

It's called second sock syndrome or single sock syndrome. It afflicts most knitters who knit one sock at a time. We get through the first sock quickly, then find all sorts of reasons for not finishing the second sock. I used to feel bad about having so many single socks lying around and somehow that made things worse. Then I found the solution: I turn my single socks into Christmas socks. Like this.

Lonely sock

Christmas sock.

This year I am going to have a bunch of these socks ready for my Christmas party, one for each friend, and maybe I'll embroider their names on them — gotta learn to embroider before Christmas of course — and put little gifts inside.

Interestingly, now that I have a use for my single socks, I find it easier to finish them in pairs.