I have been stalling on working on the 'Library' sock pattern, the mint green ones because I was trying to use a 32" needle for both socks. It was crimping the cable join badly and I didn't (still don't) have a longer cable to use.
I used another 32" needle and finished the heels doing that. The small issue was, the other one is a slightly larger needle. The lace needle I'm using is a size 1 but 2.25 and the other one is 2.50, yes it makes a difference. Not too bad a difference so I used the larger needle for the front of the sock in the pattern. I then decided, due to various frustrations with that single ball, to cut the yarn after the heel was finished and wind to smaller balls.
I also moved both socks back onto the single needle. After starting the pattern all the way around the leg I realized... four rows back I had decreased the stitches to 32 on the second needle. It was default for me but it messes up the pattern. It's supposed to be 34 on each side. So I am now TINKing the rows to get back to where I decreased the stitches. I am also going to cut the yarn again where I had used an 'invisible/magic' knot because a knot in a sock is not good. I'm going to overlap the yarns instead. I tried doing the spit friction join and it didn't felt well.
All my other projects are in a hold pattern because I was not feeling
the knitting bug when it got to be 99 outside. Nights are cooling down
wonderfully now but temps are going to go back up next week. Yuck.
And of course, all kinds of yarn places are having a sale this weekend KP has a sale on 22 new colors of the Stroll sock yarn, I found out that Arcane Fibreworks has free shipping on ALL orders... dangerous that is. And Amazon has Super Saver on sale at prices I remember from 2000 close to $3.99 a skein.
I DON'T NEED MORE YARN!
Said no one ever.
I do, however need that longer needle for sure to do two socks at a time. I have some money now so will be looking into that. Knitting....garden....knitting....garden...... decision, decisions....
That's my quick update for now. Pictures of projects when there's more progress.
