so how do you get here, under my skin?

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So, this is the new knitting trick I learned at Lettuce Knit last week, and it is omgsofun. It’s not even a difficult trick – basically, I am magic-looping a pair of socks, but I’m knitting both of them at the same time from two balls of yarn, instead of one at a time from one ball of yarn at a time. It is exactly like knitting one sock using magic loop, it just takes longer. But I am still SO EXCITED, because I am awful for not finishing socks and this is like. A built-in finishing mechanism. It’s a little bit thrilling.

Song of the Entry: Demi Lovato – Here We Go Again (Listen)

detox just to retox

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As the semester comes to an end, so does my in-class knitting – for now, at least. And fittingly, I’ve managed to finish something. This is one single sock, knit during respirology, cardiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology, in fits and starts whenever we had a lecturer who didn’t require incessant note-writing. It’s partner is, I guess, a project for 2009.

Song of the Entry: Fall Out Boy – Disloyal Order of Water Buffalos

it's not christmas if the snow don't fall

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I’ve started a new pair of socks to knit while I sit and listen in lecture. (The knitting helps me focus – we have so much lecture, I’d fall asleep if I didn’t bring something to keep me awake.)

The yarn is Trekking XXL, and they’re incredibly long-looking because I am knitting them with an afterthought heel – I’ll pick up stitches where the row of green yarn is just peeking out, and knit the heel like it’s a toe. It’s my favourite kind of sock to knit when I can’t focus on counting to turn a proper heel.

Song of the Entry: Colbie Calliat – Mistletoe