Sockapal-two-za

I've signed up for Sockapal-two-za, the return of the sock knitting exchange. I have a really cool pal that I'll be knitting for, but I can't say why she's so cool, because she'll know it's her if I post about it. WHen the sock exchange is done, then I will!

However, before I get started on that, I'm actually knitting something for myself... some socks!

This time I'm knitting the "You're Putting Me On" socks, using the Generic Pattern. One of the things I like about the generic pattern is that I don't have to try and get yarn and needles to match a specific gauge for the specific sock size, I just choose some yarn and needles, swatch to find out what my gauge is, measure my feet, and then plug in the numbers. It's great!

Sock number one is well under way. The figure-8 cast on was a little fiddly, but I managed to get it to work, and the toe increases were nice and simple. Then knitting most of the foot and trying it on as I go, and I'm now up to the gusset increases. The astute will notice that I'm using the Magic Loop method.

I've already completed sock number two. "What are you talking about, Timothy?" I hear you ask. Well, it has been noted by many, that one of the problems is knitting socks is that there's such a sense of satisfaction in completing the first that if you don't cast on for the second sock straight away, it can be a very long time before you start the second sock, let alone finish it. One of the ladies of the Greater St Louis Knitters' Guild suggested that the solution to that is to knit the second sock first. So I did.