I have made a great leap in my love of sock knitting. Yesterday, I cast on a new pair of socks even though I already had a pair in progress. This is unprecedented for me. Mostly because, until recently, I've only had one set of sock needles.
I started a pair of My Vampire Boyfriend at the beginning of March. I named the project Eric Northman, who is played by very sexy Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard on the HBO series "True Blood".
I'm using two size 2 (2.75 mm) circular needles and 1 skein of Knit Picks Stroll Kettle Dyed Sock in Wine.
They are far too complicated to work on in class, so they are reserved for the evenings, after I've finished my homework and I'm watching Jordanna play video games or waiting for my casserole to come out of the oven. Therefore, they have been coming along rather slowly. Right now, I'm most of the way through the heel flaps.
I cast on a pair of Spring Forward yesterday for the April Sock Knitters Anonymous. I'm using 1 skein of SWTC Tofutsies in Four Leaf TOEver, which knits at 8 sts/inch instead of 7.5, as called for in the pattern, but I think it'll be fine. I'm about six rows into the cuffs. I'm also using two size 2 (2.75 mm) circular needles for these socks.
These have a pattern simple enough to keep track of while also paying attention to my professors or watching "Jeopardy!". These should knit up much quicker than the others and I may in fact finish both pairs around the same time.
Once I finish one pair, I will post again with the progress on the other.
Happy sock knitting!
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