I Have Been Saved from the Swoopies!

Ramona has asked me to test knit a pattern she has written as a way to help raise money for a good friend. I'd like to think I would have agreed to help with such a great cause even if it didn't give me a whopping good excuse to avoid the swoopies for a few days, but let's just say that it might have helped her cause a bit.

In Knitting Land (unlike the Real World), good deeds are generally rewarded. Not only do I get to help someone who is helping a friend, getting a pair of great socks, getting away from the swoopies, I learned a fabulous new cast on for toe-up socks. Look at this:
OK, it might be really hard to see this, but you can't see the cast on AT ALL. I generally only make toe-up socks, but the pattern I have been using leaves a really rough line across the toe. I love this cast on! There is a video of it here, though I will admit that I cannot make it through the entire video. I am not really a "cutesy" person, so when Cat pretends that the knitting needles are talking to her fingers, I did really want to smack something. Hard. That is just me, of course, and I'm sure other people will find it cute/endearing/not in need of an intervention. The technique is quite fabulous, though, so I am quite grateful to Cat for filming it.

Incidentally, today someone landed on my blog because they did a Google search for "swoopies." What in heaven's name could they have been looking for?????????

Comments

Anonymous said…
Now those will be some hot pink socks! That's a color I would wear without hesitation, but I'm weird that way... perhaps stuck in the fuschia days of the 80s. Did the yarn come from your stash? Are you keeping them or sending them off to your friend who wrote the pattern? (Sorry for the interrogation, but inquiring minds wanna know!)
June 25, 2008 at 3:41 AM
RobinH said…
Ooh, Judy's magic cast on.. I discovered this a few months ago, and haven't used anything else since. Love the nice smooth end you get. There's a good explanation in the Knitty article (http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/FEATmagiccaston.html) if you can't face the video.
June 25, 2008 at 7:49 AM
bittenbyknittin said…
One of my knitting goals is to learn toe-up socks. My attempts so far have been less than successful (1.5 socks). Thanks for the link. The video may require fortification with wine, though.

Someone reached my house and garden blog because they wanted to know "what does woodchuck poop look like?"
June 26, 2008 at 4:45 AM
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