Day Two
So it's day two of this National Blog Every Day thingie, whose real name I can never remember. I was all set to continue sharing the petty, negative stories that can be somewhat funny but that I tend not to put on the blog because I don't want to hurt feelings and because even though it can be temporarily satisfying, it usually ends up leaving a bad taste in my mouth. I started typing up a petty little story about the in-laws, and how they manipulated us into letting Joe's dad mow our lawn - it was a very petty little story.
And then I realized that it wasn't really that entertaining of a story, even if it entertains the heck out of me. So instead I'm going to show you my less-than-impressive knitting. I'm teaching this sock class at the store - it's about all the various configurations of knitting socks on various knitting needles. It's kind of funny to me that I'm teaching this class, because I am so totally devoted to knitting my socks toe-up on Pony Pearl double-points. I have my own little ritual of casting on both socks in the pair at the same time and alternating between them.
I mean, I've tried most of these other methods, and felt confident that I could teach them. But I knew I was rusty with the two-socks-two-circulars and I had never cast on directly with Magic Loop for a top-down sock. So I decided to do some little socks for Julie to knit along with the class. I let her pick out the yarn, and she chose the rainbow barf hand dye.
Surprisingly, I found myself actually enjoying this magic loop business on the socks. I thought I would hate it, but really it's not so bad. I'm not sure I would do it all the time, especially for plain stockinette socks. I like my double points with those because I can knit around and around, switching needles and all without ever looking at my work. And it is a tiny bit more fiddly switching sides with the magic loop method, although perhaps with practice I could get more used to it.
You do have to admit that the wires are a little tangly and floppy, though. But it looks kind of cool when you're mid-stream and they're all criss-crossed and loopy.
As I was taking these pictures, Joe came through the kitchen and I mentioned to him about the not blogging about the in-laws and instead blogging about the magic loop, which lead me into explaining what the heck the magic loop is and how it works. And then I showed him. And he stood there slightly dumbfounded for a moment, then laughed and said "You and your crazy knitting tricks!"
Sorry for the boring, incoherent post. This is what happens when I force myself to blog every day. Ack!
And then I realized that it wasn't really that entertaining of a story, even if it entertains the heck out of me. So instead I'm going to show you my less-than-impressive knitting. I'm teaching this sock class at the store - it's about all the various configurations of knitting socks on various knitting needles. It's kind of funny to me that I'm teaching this class, because I am so totally devoted to knitting my socks toe-up on Pony Pearl double-points. I have my own little ritual of casting on both socks in the pair at the same time and alternating between them.
I mean, I've tried most of these other methods, and felt confident that I could teach them. But I knew I was rusty with the two-socks-two-circulars and I had never cast on directly with Magic Loop for a top-down sock. So I decided to do some little socks for Julie to knit along with the class. I let her pick out the yarn, and she chose the rainbow barf hand dye.
Surprisingly, I found myself actually enjoying this magic loop business on the socks. I thought I would hate it, but really it's not so bad. I'm not sure I would do it all the time, especially for plain stockinette socks. I like my double points with those because I can knit around and around, switching needles and all without ever looking at my work. And it is a tiny bit more fiddly switching sides with the magic loop method, although perhaps with practice I could get more used to it.
You do have to admit that the wires are a little tangly and floppy, though. But it looks kind of cool when you're mid-stream and they're all criss-crossed and loopy.
As I was taking these pictures, Joe came through the kitchen and I mentioned to him about the not blogging about the in-laws and instead blogging about the magic loop, which lead me into explaining what the heck the magic loop is and how it works. And then I showed him. And he stood there slightly dumbfounded for a moment, then laughed and said "You and your crazy knitting tricks!"
Sorry for the boring, incoherent post. This is what happens when I force myself to blog every day. Ack!
posted by Shelly Kang at 9:59 PM
5 Comments:
I liked the magic loop/sock class story- definitely not boring.Guess it's all in the eye of the beholder, right? I know I'm continually amazed that folks come by to read my blog. Sometimes for days I've got really nothing to blog about because I'm working on some secret project or another so I'm just posting filler but nearly always someone finds something nice to say.
I don't think your post is boring. I liked hearing about Magic Loop. I tried it once but prefer two circs.
And I would like to hear about the lawn mowing...
Crazy knitting tricks are fun.
I find that having just the right length cord makes all the difference with the magic loop. Too long and the cord gets twisted. Too short and your fighting it all the time. I've been doing one (adult male) sock at a time on 30 inch and I think I can go a bit shorter (definitely for a child's sock).
"crazy knitting tricks" *rotflmao* At least they are not dangerous (we hope!!) And I would love to hear about the lawn mowing as well! Heck, let them mow away! You only live once, if it makes them happy, and gives you guys some free time! And your blog is never boring to me!!
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