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…is that they don’t look so stupid when you try them on as you’re working on them!

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My first pair of toe-up, 2-at-a-time socks are slowly inching their way to the heel. Yarn is from Mountain Colors in mountain goat…the colorway is a mystery. The ball band said "indian corn," but it’s definitely not. The pattern is the garter stitch rib from Sensational Knitted Socks, and I’m following the toe-up directions from More Sensational Knitted Socks. The two-at-a-time directions I got from this tutorial.

I got off to a rocky start–had to frog the toe four times, and because the lady at the yarn shop had trouble with the ball winder, my center-pull ball was messed up…which ended in a horrific tangled mess that Nic spent an hour fixing for me. I’m finally through the crazy yarn-wrapped-around-Will’s-toys-to-prevent-it-from-getting-tangled mess part, so that feels very good.

I thought I would enjoy the two-at-a-time thing. But so far it’s not so good. You have to be very careful every time you turn the work at all not to tangle the two yarns…and, most importantly, progress is twice as slow (obviously). If I’d been knitting just one sock, I’d be at the heel by now and given a motivational push…instead, I’m just sluggin’ away at the foot.

For this yarn, though, toe-up, two-at-a-time was my best option. I’m nervous that I won’t have enough for the tall socks that I prefer, so this way I’m not in danger of running out of yarn. I can make them as tall as I have enough yarn for.