Well folks, I did it.
I managed to knit the 40 or so miles of sock required to cover Boygenius' feet. And oddly enough, I never had to bust into the back up ball of yarn in order to do it. The 40 mile marathon of socks was completed from one magical, seemingly unending ball of Lana Grossa meilenweit fantasy. Boy do I love me some magical unending yarn!
Since I'm not one to leave my needles cold and naked for long, I started trying to do the whole magic loop 2 socks on one circ at the same time, which to begin with is like dancing backwards in high heels when you first start...and let me tell ya, I'm no Ginger Rodgers. I'm terrible at high heels, and no good at dancing (although I have this theory that if you are enthusiastic about any goofy move you make you can sell the idea that it was done on purpose and everyone else will buy it as "actual dancing" Since I'm not short on enthusiasm, so this is how I rationalize occasionally shaking my rump in public and not just in my living room). Ah, I'm babbling. Must get back to the knitting...
Once I got past the increases for the toes, then the knitting settled down and became much more manageable but I was worried for a second (or five). I felt like I had needle tips and cord poking out every which way until the work got long and heavy enough to tame the wily circ, and then it's been relatively smooth sailing.
I'm thinking about trying a different kind of heel with these bad boys, not just the same 'ole short tow heel that's been in all of my previous socks. Maybe a flap and gusset or something. I've got a ways to knit to get there, so there is time to decide and get some advice....
So my question for all you crazy sock knitters out there is "What is your favorite heel for a toe up sock? What is your least favorite?" or, if you aren't a sock knitter tell me what you loooooove to knit the most and why. I can't wait to hear from y'all.
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I love to knit fair isle hats because it looks complicated but I can do it. That's not much of a reason, and maybe that's not the real reason (if I looked into deeply enough), but that is what I love to knit. However, not now, because I am all into simple knitting right now and that means garter stitch.
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