Tuesday, August 28, 2007

weekend experiment!

Fiesta "Boomerang" yarn
Rhubarb color
Toe-up socks on two circulars! I split the ball in two, placed them into a ziploc bag with two tiny holes at one end (yarn tangle control), & tried Judy's Magic cast-on (I'm a TOTAL convert!).

The needles are huge.
It's like knitting socks on telephone poles.
I think I'm liking it.

6 comments:

CathyCate said...

Ooh, coming over to the dark side!
If you stay, you won't miss dropping your dps hither and thither and out of the stitches, especially with knitting on the go!

Elemmaciltur said...

Toe-up socks with Magic Cast-On...what more could a sock knitter ask for. ;-)

Ps. I'll reply to your email soon. Sorry it's taking me so long.

Stacey said...

Magic cast on is, well, magic!! I use it pretty much exclusively when I do toe ups!!

limedragon :-: Harriet said...

It's always fun to experiment!

InkyOrchid said...

I love Boomerang! I love Judy's Magic Cast On. Now if only I could actually finish a toe-up sock I would feel all powerful.

Nancy said...

Awesome Idea - the Ziploc thing...I want to do my next pair that way...2 at once! Wondered about the yarn management system...thanks for the idea!