Turn, turn, turn. I have turned my heels! This does not in any way resemble turning over a new leaf. Nor does it equate to turning the other cheek, turning the tables or turning a blind eye. But, I do have neatly turned heels. Lets hear it for short rows! Yeah!
I am ambivalent about this sock knitting method. There is tremendous appeal to knitting both socks at once. (They will, in future, be matching socks. Since this was my first attempt at Socks 2 by 2, I used two different yarns as recommended by the pattern writer to reduce the risk of knitting my two socks into one giant sock). I pride myself with having excellent spatial skills, and yet I found it challenging to get this started. Now that I am up and running, I continue to marvel at the architectural genius of knitting with two circulars at once. I especially enjoy the baffled looks I get from knitters and non-knitters alike.
There is, however, in my humble opinion, an elegance, a tradition if you will, to knitting with double points that is missing with this two circular method. Nonetheless, particularly when efficiency is an issue, I can see myself using this pattern in the future. You can download the pattern here.
Comments (3)
You changed the font on your header? It looks good. Ok, for the socks...you are right. There is something about socks one at a time on dpns yet that is also why I still don't have a pair of matching socks made by me. As far as knitting a pair at the same time and getting yarn confused...I'm not having a prob. I just wind it into center pull balls and knit away. When I turn the heels or put the project down for the night, I tuck the ball of yarn into the appropriate sock. And Queen Kahuna, in her Crazy Toes and Heels tells you a way to turn your work so your yarn doesn't get tangled when doing two at a time.
However, I am intrigued by the idea of knitting 2 at a time using 2 different yarns. If I did this then I would have 2 pairs in the time it would normally take me to knit one pair. Hmmmm....you could've just opened a Pandora's box! Sorry for the long post:O)
Posted by amanda | June 20, 2005 10:39 AM
Posted on June 20, 2005 10:39
whoa. that looks supercool. . . and brings me back to the first time I did sleeves, and was told I should do both at the same time. It took me about a week to visualize it, and from then on, the sleeves rocked out. With calculated decreases, there's no way they would have matched otherwise.
Now, when I get over the emotional scars from having knit my first pair of socks in (effectively) different sizes and actually fix them, maybe I'll try this too.
Posted by Lori-Ann | June 21, 2005 10:06 PM
Posted on June 21, 2005 22:06
whatcha testin on the last entry? i tried to comment but rec'd an error thingy. hope your blog isn't broken.
Posted by amanda | June 25, 2005 7:47 AM
Posted on June 25, 2005 07:47