I started (probably around the first of August, but I’m not sure) another sock, using some old self-patterning stash yarn. In fact, it’s yarn I bought a year or two before I started knitting (I mean, before I started knitting this time, not before I learned the second time), from Fabric Place in Framingham, just because it was nifty yarn. It’s blue, navy, and chestnut, with gray-and-white stretches in between, with a short pattern repeat. The color changes about every two rounds, which means the colors repeat about every twelve rounds. That’s a round of 64 stitches on #2s.<\/p>\n
I’m using the magic loop method, toe-up, starting with a figure-8 cast on. So far (before anything to do with heel shaping!) I like the magic loop better than two circulars because there’s no problem of which needle end to use next. There is a problem getting the yarn tangled with the loop, but it hasn’t really slowed me down yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I started (probably around the first of August, but I’m not sure) another sock, using some old self-patterning stash yarn. In fact, it’s yarn I bought a year or two before I started knitting (I mean, before I started knitting this time, not before I learned the second time), from Fabric Place in Framingham, just … <\/p>\n