Behold! I have started Matt’s socks.
Hmm, kinda looks a little like a brown, wooly bra?
But what is this? No DPNs? That is correct. I am attempting to magic loop socks. Not that I’ve ever magic looped socks before. And I think I may have jumped into the deep end of the pool without swimming lessons or a life preserver or a life guard. Because I’m not just magic looping socks, I’m doing toe-up socks…two at a time. Also, because I am lazy in the name of efficiency, I choose not to separate the yarn into two balls and am instead knitting from both ends of the ball at the same time. It is possible that the yarn has gotten a wee bit tangled a time or two, but I’ve got the hang of it now. Riiiiight.
I think I may have a problem. Some knitters collect more yarn than they could use in one lifetime, but I’ve already covered that I try not to buy yarn without a pattern in mind. Instead, I seem to keep buying patterns even though I don’t have enough time to knit what I’ve got on the needles. On my way to Sunday’s stitch and bitch, I stopped by the cutest little yarn shop ever: The Shabby Sheep. Knowing that I had this little purchasing problem, I still browsed through their massive patterns binders. And found this treasure–The Peacock Feathers Shawl. Now it calls to me, begging me to buy yarn for it, pleading to be cast on. I have made a deal with the patterns in my filing cabinet. I will start the Scotch Thistle when I am finished with the Voyager Lace, and I will start either the Sheep Shawl or the Peacock on the first day of summer vacation. Let’s see if I have the willpower to stick to this schedule.