I've been sort of on the fence for a while about knitting socks. They're cute, but I have a hard time spending $17 on a pair of socks. It's just not practical to me at all. Last night though, I got my hands on some great superwash merino sock yarn at $6 a hank. Since I'm too lazy to upload the photo right now, have a comic:
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