Light a Candle, Say A Prayer

I am fixin' to cast on my first ever pair of socks!  This will require a bit of divine intervention if I am going to get up the nerve to do this.. it's on my 2011 Promise To Try list.

Supplies:  286 yrds of fibre, US7 dpns & coffee

It all came about because I own a knitting group on my 'mommy forums' and threw out the suggestion that we do a knitalong.  Sounds fun, right?  I thought so too - as did the rest of the group.  Next was to decided what we were going to knit.  The options were sweater, mystery, sock and other (because there is always an other - and they had to supply a new option if they chose it).  I prayed really hard that mystery would win and my friend would help me pick out a fun pattern.  Apparently, I didn't pray hard enough - either that or He just giggled at me, thinking it was cute.

Socks won.  By a landslide.  I was fubar'd.

Everyone else has their socks cast on and I've been dragging my feet.  I finally freed up my US 7 dpns so I can cast on tonight.  40 stitches.  2x2 ribbing.  8" of finished work.  I can do that, easy... it's what awaits after that that scares the stuffing out of me... turning the heel!!

Amy2 promises that it will be fine.  She swears I won't die making socks.  She says that I am smarter than said sock... I think she has a lot of faith or is a terrible liar.  It's one of the two and I'm leaning towards the latter.