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I think I will need to try a simpler design for my first sock though! :)

have you done any colorwork before? If yes, it is pretty much the same. If not, you could just knit a plain sock to get the formula and then try the colorwork later.
I did my first colorwork earlier in the year and it took me forever, then, I joined sock madness (I will write about that later) and have learned so much. After a particularly difficult sock

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This one, the front is brioche which I had never done and the back...

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after I was done with that one - and don't ask how long it took 🤪

this one, that had seemed very difficult when I started it

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was suddenly super easy when I picked it up again lol