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end-of-winter knitting

The other day, I found half a sock that I'd begun in a meeting.  Busy hands slow down my words, I find, and sometimes that is a good thing.  I finished the sock and made a mate in about two days.  Greenish socks, not quite in time for St. Patrick's Day; still, new socks.  I love the bind-off row of multi-colored knitting.  Those stitches are not shy, they don't blend; they make sure they get noticed!  


Unless something specific is called for, I usually do my binding off with a needle a few sizes larger than the one I was knitting with, and I just mind those stitches to keep them loose.  I haven't found a "stretchy" bind-off that was truly stretchy unless it comes with a whole lot of effort, and sometimes ending up too stretchy.


I have another several projects I'd really like to do but they take thinking, so I find that I keep coming back to my Reclamation Blanket.  I'm almost done, one more row, maybe two.  I am counting on it to block out a little bigger than its current size.  
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  1. EileenMarch 23, 2020 at 7:08 AM

    WOW, you are fast sock knitter! I always have a pair of socks on the needles but not very fast at completing a pair. Lovely blanket.

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  2. ThimbleannaMarch 30, 2020 at 6:30 AM

    Such pretty knitting -- I love the look of your beautiful blanket! You're not the first knitter I've read today to say that they can't concentrate on knitting that takes thinking right now, which is sad. Hopefully we can use this time to catch up on a lot of mindless tasks ... sigh. XO

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