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[jaina]

So, thanks to knitress and reading way too much of the Yarn Harlot over the last two days, I now want to knit socks. The fact that socks are vastly more complicated than anything I've ever tried ("anything" being Jayne hats and pantas) matters not. I want to make socks, dammit, and even though the Knitting Olympics are over, I can still embrace the ideal and challenge myself to try something new.

Luckily, I have no sock yarn, so I can't. Ha! Instead, I'm using yarn leftover from Christmas knitting and making hats for the Dulaan project (again, inspired by knitress). Last night I cast on this double-knit hat, except with worsted weight, because that's what I had, so it'll be child-sized. I knit pretty tightly, so I'm not worried. Once I figured out how to get both colors on, and how to hold them (thank you, Knitting Help!) it seemed to go okay. I can work on it while we're watching our Veronica Mars S1 DVDs (yay for Netflix!).

On a completely unrelated note (and not referring to anyone on the flist), I really, really dislike attention-whoring braggarts.

Really really really.

Really.

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[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

It's been interesting so far. Slow going, but I like the results. Oddly, the inside of the hat is currently looking better than the outside-- I guess my purl stitches are more even than my knits, with this technique.

Thanks for the patterns! I'll probably give a sock a whirl with some of the random acrylic I have lying around, to see if I can get the hang of it. I'm trying really, really hard not to develop a yarn stash-- my fabric stash is already big enough!