Wow, a finished object. I love knitting 2 socks at once – no more SSS. Now if I can just get the single socks paired up I will be getting somewhere.
Project Details:
Pattern: Leyburn Socks
Yarn: Koigu KPPPM P324
Needles: US 2 bamboo circulars
Mods: Knit both socks at one time – love this new technique. I also changed the toe to use Judy’s Magic Cast On instead of the pattern toe just because I find it to be easier than the one called for. I also knit a very short cuff since I always wear ankle socks and knew that anything to high would drive me crazy. I also learned a new bind off technique, the Knit-One Purl-One Bind-Off (scroll down) and love how stretchy it is.
Verdict: Love, love, love. Put them on when I finished binding-off at 1:20am this morning and have only taken them off long enough to get dressed.
I love knitting 2 socks at a time so much that I have already cast on a new pair of socks. Using the same needles (have only the one size in circulars for socks, at least until my order from Knit Picks gets here. I ordered the US 1’s Harmony’s since most of my sock yarn needs either US 1 or 2 for my gauge.) I am using Socks that Rock in Pink Granite in Lightweight and am starting toe-up again (love the magic cast on). I was struggling to find a pattern that I wanted to do though since I wanted something simple, but not too simple. Then Wendy updated her blog with a preview of her upcoming book Socks From the Toe Up and included a free pdf of one of the easier patterns – Diagonal Lace Socks (scroll down) and I knew that it was meant to be. I am almost done with the toe and cannot wait to start working the pattern. I already know that this is a book I will have to purchase since I prefer to work socks toe up and since I love Wendy’s patterns so much.
On to a small life update. My mother is healing really well. They believe that she will be healed enough to start the rehab once she hits the 6 week mark, but returning to work will be dependent on how well and fast she gains back strength in the arm and shoulder. My sister is doing well – she had a long discussion with her OBs nurse practicioner and it was discovered that her high blood pressure readings were most likely due to a new nurse not using the correct size cuff (she needs the large cuff and the new nurse was using the smallest available). They will still be keeping an eye on it, but she doesn’t have to take the medicine after all. I cannot believe that she is already 14 weeks along. It seems like she told us just days ago. I cannot wait for her to find out what she is having so that I can start buying things for the baby. Even though my sister saved all of Natalie’s stuff we will have to buy quite a bit for the new baby, even if it is a girl, since Natalie was born in April and it looks like they will do the C-section around August 31st (even though she is not due until September 8th). Well this is getting to be a fairly long post and I really want to go so I can listen to Lime & Violet (trying to get caught up again), so I will catch ya’ll later.
edited to change the photo to a flickr based one
