Sock One, for Daddy’s Chanukah gift, 12/24/07 Here is the first of Daddy’s Chanukah socks (Colinette Jitterbug, Blue Parrot, my toe-up recipe). In looking for a larger needle with which to bind off, I checked the size on my needles. I’d unwittingly knitted with one size 3 and one size 3.25! (I knit socks on two circs, the Cat Bordhi way.) What a space cadet! The larger needle knitted the top, the smaller one the back and heel. When I took the sock class with Lucy Neatby, she taught us the coolest bind-off technique. I’ll try to explain it here: Knit the first stitch to bind off. Slip your LEFT needle into the back of the stitch you just knit. Slip your right needle around the left side of the second stitch and through the back, so that the stitches are crossed in an X. Wrap the working yarn around the needle, knitting it, and pull the needle down through the X and off. Repeat. I know it sounds weird, but it creates a more flexible bind-off. I still go up a needle size (or two!) for socks because I tend to bind off tightly.
.) What a space cadet! The larger needle knitted the top, the smaller one the back and heel. When I took G remarked that I spend my life living like I’m in a swarm of bees, swatting them and getting distracted. I said it’s more like a snowglobe, one of the ones with glitter and snow in it. Snowglobe Girl. No wonder I like them so much! It helps him to understand me more, which is a good thing.
