German Twisted Cast On

I've conquered the German Twisted Cast On! I don't know how many times I watched videos on You Tube, but I finally got it. And, of course, it is as I thought it would be, I suddenly Got It! I can't wait to use it on my next pair of socks. Picture will follow in a day or so.

Thinking About Knitting

I was waiting in the car today at one of our stops on the way home from NYC and an orthapedic visit. (My knees are coming along fine and the important things are that I walk and do my hamstring stretches.) Since we live two states away now, when we take a trip to NY or NJ we tend to save up errands and have many stops along the way. I was sitting in the car at one stop and pulled out my travel knitting, always a baby sock. As I knit the slip/knit heel flap pattern with the fine, smooth bamboo needles, a feeling of total contentment came over me and I thought about how much I like knitting socks. I always have a couple of balls of yarn & a baby sock in some stage of doneness in my small car knitting bag. They are compact, easy to shove in my pocketbook, and I really think I could knit socks in my sleep, so it doesn’t’ matter where I left off, I can pick it up again after a quick glance. And of course with baby socks, I make up the color patterns as I go, so if I forget my original idea, another one will work as well.

The pictures above are my mom’s white lace shawl and a leaf pattern winter sweater for me. Check October 19, 2008 blog entry to see my strawberry pink shawl, the same pattern. Mom’s is about ¾ done. I have been alternating among socks, shawl and sweater for the past few months and it is an excellently diverse selection of knitting. If I get tired of cabling, I go to lace knitting. When I tire of the intricacies of lace knitting I move on to the fair isle sweater, when that gets too repetitive, on to the cable sock. I have been mostly concentrating on the sweater the past two weeks, I think I am ready for some lace.

My stash of sock yarn is sadly low and I am going to have to figure out how to afford some more in the near future. Hmmmm. Birthday and Christmas are past. Mother’s Day?