well I did several more of those hats then decided I'd try the socks again...so...I'm knitting on size 2 needles...which seem awfully little for me...with a cast on of 64, which seemed like a lot of stitches for me too...so this will be my 4th pair of socks, and the hardest pair so far...wish me luck...I'll post pix of them as I'm getting further along! this picture isn't too sharp...it's really more of browns and a darker green than this looks like.