Giving Up - Update.

Update on Mike's Birthday Socks...
As I said in the first post on this subject , Mike bet me fifty dollars I wouldn't have his socks done by his birthday tomorrow.  He said I'd have them done by his birthday - next year. 

Well, it's 6pm, the eve of Mike's birthday.  I've been working on this stinking pair of socks on and off for 2  1/2 hours (mostly off).  I keep getting interruptions - someone in my family needs me to find something for them.  (This is what I do all day - look for stuff other people misplaced).

I did finally find my boyfriend (Mike) and got him to sit for a moment so I could measure his leg and foot. 
(stinky foot).  I should have done the measuring this morning right after he got out of the shower, or at least before he had a chance to put his foot in his stinky boot.  Here's the measurements I took hoping to modify this pattern to fit him:

Circumference of mid-calf   14"  (he wants mid-calf socks)
Circumference of ankle         10"  (my ankle is almost the same, sigh)
Length of foot                          11 1/2"  (not too big)
Circumference of foot at widest part 10 1/2"

Okay.  So I made the ribbing (top of sock) with no trouble at all.  It's 25 rows (7 sc wide) and stretches to the 14" so it will fit snugly around his calf, not be too tight, not fall down.  yadda yadda.

Now I get to the rest of the sock.  I stitched the short ends of the ribbing together, sc around enough times so the sock would fit around his calf (the pattern calls for 20 sc I think I did 24)  I tried to keep track of how many sc I did around but I keep getting interrupted (see excuse above). 

Okay.  So far so good, it's coming along nicely.  And then I get to the next part of the instructions which might as well be written in Russian because I just don't get it.   I'm trying to visualize what it is these words and symbols are trying to tell me to do with this partial sock in my hand and I just don't get it. 

I give up.  For now, anyway.  What I thought would be simple and quick turns out to be one of the worst headaches I've had so far this year.  I'm going to take a Fiorocet and lay down for a while.  Maybe when I come back to it something will click for me and I'll "get it". 

Oh, my aching head.  !!!