The "Duh" Moments hit most unexpectedly. While in the middle of the row. When someone calls. When you're watching the news. Or while you are ripping out a project to fix the same mistake you've made 3 times already.
"Duh" 1 - While counting the 5 stitches at the start of the 40th row on the on Wonderful Wallaby..."duh" you have stitch markers - use them and there is no more counting the 5 stitches at the beginning and ending of each row.
"Duh" 2 - Can't read the chart for colorwork? Ummm - enlarge the graph on your 3-in-1-printer. See that was easy!
"Duh" 3 - If at 1st - 10th or even the 15th time you've cast-on and work on a project and no matter how you read the pattern there is a definite mistake - "duh" the pattern has a mistake and it's not your knitting!
"Duh" 4 - Post-it notes were made for a reason. You have them in your knitting kit. You could place the Post-it where you stopped in the pattern or write a quick note as to where you're at. Trusting your memory just isn't gonna work when the grand kids, the boy, dogs, goats or others need your attention and it's days before you pick the project back up to work on it.
"Duh" 5 - Getting gauge? NO? Did ya ever think to go up or down a needle size?
"Duh" 6 - No matter what: you'll get a smack in the back of your head and many more "duhs" while working with fiber!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Heather Hoodie KAL Saga Continues
And the deadline for finishing the Heather Hoodie KAL was two day's ago. I just finished the back on the hoodie. That's right the back is done. That leaves the two fronts, the cap sleeves and the hood to finish. Heck, I have to cast on first!
I guess goats kidding (1st doe had a doe and a buck), gone to Kansas for 5 days (packed socks to knit on the plane), being hit with a Fibromyalgia flare and life in general, I didn't stay on track for knitting this hoodie and getting it done!
Knitting Daily just announced another KAL. Of course I voted! The Minimalist Cardigan by Ruthie Nussbaum is the one for me as I have plans on knitting this cardi anyways.! Sad to say I don't have a yarn in my stash for it yet. Decisions, decisions: yarn shop here I come!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
A Knit-a-long, I'm So Far Behind I'll Never Knit Up!
Had the yarn and needles all ready to go. A couple of extra skeins as I was still torn between a hoodie or the Heather Hoodie Vest. Then I found out that Knitting Daily was having a Knit-a-Long (KAL) of the Heather Hoodie Vest. Decision made, I'm going with the Vest!
I found out that the KAL had already started. Yikes! Let's see:
January 11 - January 25: We were supposed to make a gauge swatch and knit the back of the sweater. (I had cast on February 1st.)
January 25 -February 15: Cast on and knit the fronts. (hey, wait I'm still working on the back)
February 15 - February 22: Knit the hood and the front and sleeve bands. (I'm headed to Kansas for a few days...finally got the back done and the left front cast on - I'll pick it back up when I get home)
February 22 - March 1: Finish the sweater and post pics....(I will still be knitting).
While many others are staying on schedule, I'll be knitting when I can but like I said...I'll never "Knit" up! With baby goats being born, bringing in some new angoras and an alpaca and a new llama, I'll be lucky if I get done by April Fool's Day!
Hand me that needle, I have to knit like crazy!
Monday, January 18, 2010
New Year, New Resolutions - NOT!
Doesn't time fly by when you are doing other things than blogging?
A new year: time for reflection, dreaming, goal setting and making changes. Not me! I don't due the resolution thing. Setting myself up for more stress, frustration and possible failure. Why even bother? Okay, maybe a few modifications would be fine.
Enter my yarn stash. It's small by many standards. Just stash looking on Ravelry proves that there are many stashes much larger than mine!!!!
Back to the stash; it was in great need of a new storing system. Clear zipper bags, extra-large to small where I could see all the yarn all the time seemed to work. It actually lulled me into a false sense of organization. I started dumping partial skeins of yarn in one bag, of course the end result was one too many yarn searches and it became a tangled mess. The rest of the skeins looked at me from the shelves (one unit by-the-way) calling, wanting to be made into something. The skeins were bought for a project and I would just place them in any bag that was handy. The day after Christmas, I had had it with the storage system.
I attacked the stash, grabbing boxes with lids, setting them on the floor, table, where ever there was space. Grabbed the 1st bag, playing "basketball" sorting the yarns by type, cotton, wool, acrylic and a few weird novelity yarns. Grabbed a marker and labeled what was in each box. Then up on a shelf the boxes went!
The mixed up bag I brought downstairs and untangled all the yarn and placed it in yet another box. This box is full of all the acrylic yarns, made into balls and ready for a toy making binge. Amigurumi - crochet or knit - I swing both ways!
The result? I feel more organized then ever. I know what is where and can grab the next project in seconds. It's funny how hiding the yarn in cardboard boxes resulted in a more peaceful stash.
I don't walk into my office/craft room and feel overwhelmed with all the clear bags and yarn, the boxes are perfect! Funny - I had to hide the stash to be more productive - who knew.
So, I guess that's my knitting resolution: reorganizing the stash and knitting box by box!
A new year: time for reflection, dreaming, goal setting and making changes. Not me! I don't due the resolution thing. Setting myself up for more stress, frustration and possible failure. Why even bother? Okay, maybe a few modifications would be fine.
Enter my yarn stash. It's small by many standards. Just stash looking on Ravelry proves that there are many stashes much larger than mine!!!!
Back to the stash; it was in great need of a new storing system. Clear zipper bags, extra-large to small where I could see all the yarn all the time seemed to work. It actually lulled me into a false sense of organization. I started dumping partial skeins of yarn in one bag, of course the end result was one too many yarn searches and it became a tangled mess. The rest of the skeins looked at me from the shelves (one unit by-the-way) calling, wanting to be made into something. The skeins were bought for a project and I would just place them in any bag that was handy. The day after Christmas, I had had it with the storage system.
I attacked the stash, grabbing boxes with lids, setting them on the floor, table, where ever there was space. Grabbed the 1st bag, playing "basketball" sorting the yarns by type, cotton, wool, acrylic and a few weird novelity yarns. Grabbed a marker and labeled what was in each box. Then up on a shelf the boxes went!
The mixed up bag I brought downstairs and untangled all the yarn and placed it in yet another box. This box is full of all the acrylic yarns, made into balls and ready for a toy making binge. Amigurumi - crochet or knit - I swing both ways!
The result? I feel more organized then ever. I know what is where and can grab the next project in seconds. It's funny how hiding the yarn in cardboard boxes resulted in a more peaceful stash.
I don't walk into my office/craft room and feel overwhelmed with all the clear bags and yarn, the boxes are perfect! Funny - I had to hide the stash to be more productive - who knew.
So, I guess that's my knitting resolution: reorganizing the stash and knitting box by box!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
My Essay as Told by Rose - the Llama
Let me tell you about our shepherdess, Miss Beth:
She’s a very tactile person. She loves playing with fiber both on and off the hoof. I have to admit there are some days that you get an itch in a hard to reach spot and she can find it! We all love a good body rub! Oh, my name is Rose, let me finish my carrot before I continue - need to be polite!
This is Lady Jane - she’s my mom. Mom was abused by her 1st owner before I was born. I was born when mom was sold to the 2nd owner. Miss Beth is my mom’s 4th and my 3rd owner. Mom is very mistrusting of people after being handled wrong. Miss Beth has worked very hard at earning Mom’s trust. Now Mom will go over the teeter-totter obstacle as long as Miss Beth is on the other end of the lead. That is a big deal if you had seen Mom when we 1st came here! Yes, Mom is the head critter here at WillowLark.
This Miss Beth’s boy, Dylan and his Alpaca - Dawn’s Early Light. Dawn will never be bred as her ovaries are undeveloped. That means cria-like fiber every year! Miss Beth loves that idea! She’s a good 4-H alpaca for Dylan!
Here’s WillowLark’s Colored Angoras;
Merlin, Sophie, Pixie and Arthur. They are a friendly bunch. Lil’ Finn is in the picture but he wasn’t born yet…lol.
There’s Lil’ Finn!
This is Andy. A rejected ram lamb. His mother was slamming him against the barn and Miss Beth was offered Andy as the breeder didn’t want to feed another bottle baby. Miss Beth was concerned about internally injuries, so Andy got to be in the house for ten days. Andy would sleep on the dog pillow or with the dogs during naptime and spent nights in a large dog box. When Andy came out to the barn, Miss Beth had him in a fleece lamb coat. Mom and I took over from there and we’ve been “raising” Andy, keeping him out of trouble and such. Mom puts him to bed in the barn same time every night…7:30ish. Andy sleeps in a corner and Mom lays down in front of him.
I think Andy has species issues. He plays with the family’s two former foster Boxers they adopted. He hangs out with us - llamas. Andy has even gone to the “pile” and eliminate just like us! And he likes to snuggle up with Miss Beth and Courtney. (Miss Beth’s 3rd Daughter -19). So is he a sheep or a llama-dog-human-sheep? He’ll figure it out!
This is a pic of Andy last month.
That’s me, my Mom and Trooper from right to left. I tried to upload a pic of Trooper by himself but it just didn’t work. Remember, I’m a llama and my toes make it hard to type. Trooper was rescued by Miss Beth and Miss Courtney from a farm that had to remove the llamas or they would be put down the next day. They helped to rescue 20 llamas that day. Trooper was a yearling when he came. He will never go to show or do PR work as his digestive tract goes crazy when he’s stressed. So Trooper gets to stay on the farm and never have to worry about food again! Trooper loves Mr. Tim the most out of anyone here!
The rest of the critters photos won’t load so I’ll just have to write without props I guess. I will give them their moment in the spotlight though:
Jrflection, Rosetta, Dain and Jubie are the LaMancha does. Miss Beth had to drink goat’s milk as a kid due to allergies and she has raised her brood on gmilk too. I still can’t get over the fact that they look like they lost their ears. Miss Beth told us they are good examples of the breed, so I guess the ears are meant to be tiny. Oh, and Tag-you’re-it came to the farm Sunday…don’t get too close as that buck reeks! I’ll be so happy when breeding season is over. The does like the buck to smell like that? What are they thinking. I’ve mentioned Andy - the Corriedale ram lamb. The other sheep is a black/silver Corriedale - Brunhilda - Bruni for short. Add Bowen and Jewel the pygmies and that is the end of the quadrupeds. Toss in the ducks, chickens, and dogs and it’s a large family!
Miss Beth loves to spin our fiber! I swear she’s like me when I see my favorite grain coming. Miss Beth doesn’t dance around as much but boy just look at her smile when she’s cleaning a fleece!
When it’s Spring Shearing time, while waiting our turn, you can see Miss Beth skirting the fleeces as Mr. Doug shears us. When the humans take a break you can see Miss Beth labeling a lock of fiber from each critter. Then she takes a little of fiber and hand spins it to see if the blend is working for her. That woman loves that fiber!
Miss Beth loves color, you should see her yarn stash! But our fleeces she likes to keep natural. Miss Beth was working on a combo of my medium brown llama fiber and some cream/apricot angora. It was quite pretty. I think that is why she loves Colored Angoras and the possibilities that can be created with her blends. When Miss does dye a batch, she prefers natural dyes . You can see her on sunny days gathering her various plants - planted and wild - to get going on her dyeing. You should have seen the big wagon, full of Goldenrod she harvested!
Why was Miss Beth talking about an essay contest to win a small Angora flock? Seemed strange to us, but the animals here at WillowLark decided to write an essay for her. Miss Beth is happiest when she’s with us. Even on her worst days, you will find her coming to the barn for respite from her Fibromyalgia. I mentioned her health not to gain pity for her but to explain why a lady is coming out to the barnyard and sitting in the cast iron bathtub the goats lay in and petting anyone who comes by. No matter how bad she hurts - she still does the day’s chores twice a day, plus playtime with us. Miss Beth tells us that we are God’s gift to her when she’s hurting. We get a great rubdown too!
Miss Beth, her husband Tim, daughters Hillary, Lindsey, Courtney, her son Dylan, grand cubs - Bailey, Chealee, Jolie, Sophie and baby Nolan (due in December), enjoy critters. The family is very 4-H. Sitting on ten acres with another 20 acres coming after…not going to go there! A special grain mixture that Miss Beth’s mom came up with that serves all our needs - yes my candy as Miss Courtney calls it. Top quality hay - no mold ever hits our hay racks. Detailed records on each of us, from worming to any innoculations we need, heat cycles for the goats, it is all recorded. Rotation of fresh grass, always improving fencing and shelters - Miss Beth is always doing something that has to deal with fiber!
Why Miss Beth? She and her family promote Colored Angoras and their worth to anyone they talk to. It’s amazing how happy she gets when she’s talking about her goats with fiber!
I hope I did Miss Beth justice! I know she hates talking about herself. She’d rather be doing - not tooting her own horn.
It would be great to win this wonderful flock for Miss Beth. If she doesn’t - Congratulations to you who did win!
I’ll keep my toes crossed for luck,
Cherokee Rose Bud
She’s a very tactile person. She loves playing with fiber both on and off the hoof. I have to admit there are some days that you get an itch in a hard to reach spot and she can find it! We all love a good body rub! Oh, my name is Rose, let me finish my carrot before I continue - need to be polite!This is Lady Jane - she’s my mom. Mom was abused by her 1st owner before I was born. I was born when mom was sold to the 2nd owner. Miss Beth is my mom’s 4th and my 3rd owner. Mom is very mistrusting of people after being handled wrong. Miss Beth has worked very hard at earning Mom’s trust. Now Mom will go over the teeter-totter obstacle as long as Miss Beth is on the other end of the lead. That is a big deal if you had seen Mom when we 1st came here! Yes, Mom is the head critter here at WillowLark.This Miss Beth’s boy, Dylan and his Alpaca - Dawn’s Early Light. Dawn will never be bred as her ovaries are undeveloped. That means cria-like fiber every year! Miss Beth loves that idea! She’s a good 4-H alpaca for Dylan!Here’s WillowLark’s Colored Angoras;Merlin, Sophie, Pixie and Arthur. They are a friendly bunch. Lil’ Finn is in the picture but he wasn’t born yet…lol.
There’s Lil’ Finn!
This is Andy. A rejected ram lamb. His mother was slamming him against the barn and Miss Beth was offered Andy as the breeder didn’t want to feed another bottle baby. Miss Beth was concerned about internally injuries, so Andy got to be in the house for ten days. Andy would sleep on the dog pillow or with the dogs during naptime and spent nights in a large dog box. When Andy came out to the barn, Miss Beth had him in a fleece lamb coat. Mom and I took over from there and we’ve been “raising” Andy, keeping him out of trouble and such. Mom puts him to bed in the barn same time every night…7:30ish. Andy sleeps in a corner and Mom lays down in front of him.I think Andy has species issues. He plays with the family’s two former foster Boxers they adopted. He hangs out with us - llamas. Andy has even gone to the “pile” and eliminate just like us! And he likes to snuggle up with Miss Beth and Courtney. (Miss Beth’s 3rd Daughter -19). So is he a sheep or a llama-dog-human-sheep? He’ll figure it out!
This is a pic of Andy last month.
That’s me, my Mom and Trooper from right to left. I tried to upload a pic of Trooper by himself but it just didn’t work. Remember, I’m a llama and my toes make it hard to type. Trooper was rescued by Miss Beth and Miss Courtney from a farm that had to remove the llamas or they would be put down the next day. They helped to rescue 20 llamas that day. Trooper was a yearling when he came. He will never go to show or do PR work as his digestive tract goes crazy when he’s stressed. So Trooper gets to stay on the farm and never have to worry about food again! Trooper loves Mr. Tim the most out of anyone here!
The rest of the critters photos won’t load so I’ll just have to write without props I guess. I will give them their moment in the spotlight though:
Jrflection, Rosetta, Dain and Jubie are the LaMancha does. Miss Beth had to drink goat’s milk as a kid due to allergies and she has raised her brood on gmilk too. I still can’t get over the fact that they look like they lost their ears. Miss Beth told us they are good examples of the breed, so I guess the ears are meant to be tiny. Oh, and Tag-you’re-it came to the farm Sunday…don’t get too close as that buck reeks! I’ll be so happy when breeding season is over. The does like the buck to smell like that? What are they thinking. I’ve mentioned Andy - the Corriedale ram lamb. The other sheep is a black/silver Corriedale - Brunhilda - Bruni for short. Add Bowen and Jewel the pygmies and that is the end of the quadrupeds. Toss in the ducks, chickens, and dogs and it’s a large family!
Miss Beth loves to spin our fiber! I swear she’s like me when I see my favorite grain coming. Miss Beth doesn’t dance around as much but boy just look at her smile when she’s cleaning a fleece!
When it’s Spring Shearing time, while waiting our turn, you can see Miss Beth skirting the fleeces as Mr. Doug shears us. When the humans take a break you can see Miss Beth labeling a lock of fiber from each critter. Then she takes a little of fiber and hand spins it to see if the blend is working for her. That woman loves that fiber!
Miss Beth loves color, you should see her yarn stash! But our fleeces she likes to keep natural. Miss Beth was working on a combo of my medium brown llama fiber and some cream/apricot angora. It was quite pretty. I think that is why she loves Colored Angoras and the possibilities that can be created with her blends. When Miss does dye a batch, she prefers natural dyes . You can see her on sunny days gathering her various plants - planted and wild - to get going on her dyeing. You should have seen the big wagon, full of Goldenrod she harvested!
Why was Miss Beth talking about an essay contest to win a small Angora flock? Seemed strange to us, but the animals here at WillowLark decided to write an essay for her. Miss Beth is happiest when she’s with us. Even on her worst days, you will find her coming to the barn for respite from her Fibromyalgia. I mentioned her health not to gain pity for her but to explain why a lady is coming out to the barnyard and sitting in the cast iron bathtub the goats lay in and petting anyone who comes by. No matter how bad she hurts - she still does the day’s chores twice a day, plus playtime with us. Miss Beth tells us that we are God’s gift to her when she’s hurting. We get a great rubdown too!
Miss Beth, her husband Tim, daughters Hillary, Lindsey, Courtney, her son Dylan, grand cubs - Bailey, Chealee, Jolie, Sophie and baby Nolan (due in December), enjoy critters. The family is very 4-H. Sitting on ten acres with another 20 acres coming after…not going to go there! A special grain mixture that Miss Beth’s mom came up with that serves all our needs - yes my candy as Miss Courtney calls it. Top quality hay - no mold ever hits our hay racks. Detailed records on each of us, from worming to any innoculations we need, heat cycles for the goats, it is all recorded. Rotation of fresh grass, always improving fencing and shelters - Miss Beth is always doing something that has to deal with fiber!
Why Miss Beth? She and her family promote Colored Angoras and their worth to anyone they talk to. It’s amazing how happy she gets when she’s talking about her goats with fiber!
I hope I did Miss Beth justice! I know she hates talking about herself. She’d rather be doing - not tooting her own horn.
It would be great to win this wonderful flock for Miss Beth. If she doesn’t - Congratulations to you who did win!
I’ll keep my toes crossed for luck,
Cherokee Rose Bud
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The Sock Thing
I tried the different ways to knit socks:
Magic Loop - I thought I would have the same problem I was having on the 2-on-2. Once I got it figured out it was fast and fun! Stitch markers really came in handy on this one! I liked how I didn't have to pick up a dropped needle. That was an added plus! My toe-up socks on Magic Loop are going slowly, not due to any problems but to lack of time.
DPNs...this is my go-to-for-mindless knitting. Handy for waiting at the doctor's office, in line at the stores, walking to my Dad's (yes, I can knit and walk at the same time)! I love to make my husband's socks this way! Sometimes his socks have more miles on them before he wears them! I take the DPN socks wherever I go!
I do know of another way to make socks but that leaves a seam to sew up and I'm darn picky about things like that. The less to seam-up the less aggravation in the wearing!
So let's see;
"I like knitting socks - the method doesn't matter". That would drop some stitches wouldn't it?
- One-at-a-time on double pointed needles (DPNs). This is how I did my first pair.
- Magic Loop - two socks at the same time on one long circular.
- Two socks on two circulars.
- Two socks - Toe up on Magic Loop. I had two pair on different circulars, 1 toe-up the other pair cuff down.
- The 2 circulars socks were toe up.
- The DPNs socks were cuff down.
Magic Loop - I thought I would have the same problem I was having on the 2-on-2. Once I got it figured out it was fast and fun! Stitch markers really came in handy on this one! I liked how I didn't have to pick up a dropped needle. That was an added plus! My toe-up socks on Magic Loop are going slowly, not due to any problems but to lack of time.
DPNs...this is my go-to-for-mindless knitting. Handy for waiting at the doctor's office, in line at the stores, walking to my Dad's (yes, I can knit and walk at the same time)! I love to make my husband's socks this way! Sometimes his socks have more miles on them before he wears them! I take the DPN socks wherever I go!
I do know of another way to make socks but that leaves a seam to sew up and I'm darn picky about things like that. The less to seam-up the less aggravation in the wearing!
So let's see;
- Magic Loop - toe-up or cuff-down - lacy or basic patterns. I will use this method for at least half of my sock knitting.
- DPNs - my favorite hands down. I don't even need to think about the pattern. Just need the weight of the yarn, the needle size the stitches per inch, the shoe size of the person I'm knitting them for and let me have at it!
- Two-socks-on-two circulars - not doing 2 socks at a time. Just one, very lonely one-at-a-time pair. I may revisit this method but for now - ain't gonna happen!
- Toe-up or cuff down - this is a non-issue. It's the pattern of the sock that will grab my attention.
"I like knitting socks - the method doesn't matter". That would drop some stitches wouldn't it?
Monday, June 1, 2009
Whose Bright Idea Was This?
"Just how many socks do you have going?" Hubby asks.
"3, with 3 more skeins waiting". I reply.
"Is that all?" Hubby says laughing.
"Yes, I want to see which method of knitting sock I like."
Flashback: I wanted to see which of three methods of knitting socks I prefer. Magic Loop (a 36-40" circular) knitting 2 socks at once, 2 Socks on 2 circulars, and using double-pointed-needles (dpns) knitting 1 sock at a time (I don't suffer from Second Sock Syndrome).
I usually use DPNs for knitting socks. It's the way I caught the sock knitting bug. Yet, if there is a way to that makes 2 socks at the same time. I'm willing to give it a shot. Since I don't have books on the different sock methods, I hit the web. After reading a few different people's versions on the two methods I jumped in. Also, their guesstimate on the time saved in doing the two socks at the same time was an interesting factor. From 1/3 to 1/2 in time reduction for the knitting. That would be nice!
Magic Loop - 2 socks at a time....found a pattern I like. It's toe up. Figured since I was going to try other needle methods may as well as in the toe-up version to keep things interesting. Once I got the cast on figured out I hit the floor running. Easy, fun and if I make a mistake... I seem to do it on both socks. They are a couple and so it seems right.
I must admit; I have made one pair of socks using 2 circulars to knit a pair of socks. I am doing another pair so I have all three methods going on at once. Easier to compare for me that way.
The socks are cuff down and I am working on the ribbing.
The DPNs socks - one down, one to go.
I am getting yards knitted during my research. And 3 pairs of socks will be done too! Nice bonus!
Still whose bright idea was this anyway? I knit socks with DPNs. Why try Magic Loop and 2 circulars to knit a pair of socks? What was I thinking? Knitting 20 rounds on this pair...and repeat on the two others. The only difference is one pair is toe-up.
I have gotten myself confused a couple of times. Thinking I was knitting 2 Circulars and actually was doing Magic Loop made for a few intense moments of finding where to put the loop again.
It's fun and educational. Again, whose bright idea was this?
"3, with 3 more skeins waiting". I reply.
"Is that all?" Hubby says laughing.
"Yes, I want to see which method of knitting sock I like."
Flashback: I wanted to see which of three methods of knitting socks I prefer. Magic Loop (a 36-40" circular) knitting 2 socks at once, 2 Socks on 2 circulars, and using double-pointed-needles (dpns) knitting 1 sock at a time (I don't suffer from Second Sock Syndrome).
I usually use DPNs for knitting socks. It's the way I caught the sock knitting bug. Yet, if there is a way to that makes 2 socks at the same time. I'm willing to give it a shot. Since I don't have books on the different sock methods, I hit the web. After reading a few different people's versions on the two methods I jumped in. Also, their guesstimate on the time saved in doing the two socks at the same time was an interesting factor. From 1/3 to 1/2 in time reduction for the knitting. That would be nice!
Magic Loop - 2 socks at a time....found a pattern I like. It's toe up. Figured since I was going to try other needle methods may as well as in the toe-up version to keep things interesting. Once I got the cast on figured out I hit the floor running. Easy, fun and if I make a mistake... I seem to do it on both socks. They are a couple and so it seems right.
I must admit; I have made one pair of socks using 2 circulars to knit a pair of socks. I am doing another pair so I have all three methods going on at once. Easier to compare for me that way.
The socks are cuff down and I am working on the ribbing.
The DPNs socks - one down, one to go.
I am getting yards knitted during my research. And 3 pairs of socks will be done too! Nice bonus!
Still whose bright idea was this anyway? I knit socks with DPNs. Why try Magic Loop and 2 circulars to knit a pair of socks? What was I thinking? Knitting 20 rounds on this pair...and repeat on the two others. The only difference is one pair is toe-up.
I have gotten myself confused a couple of times. Thinking I was knitting 2 Circulars and actually was doing Magic Loop made for a few intense moments of finding where to put the loop again.
It's fun and educational. Again, whose bright idea was this?
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