Back in October when I started all this, I decided that I was going to be adventurous, and try just about anything, and if it sucked I could frog it and move on. I started on a pair of socks, with dpn and I think I did ok! I like them, they fit, and as Connie says, they are jeans-friendly. Here they are:

So now, a few more sets of needles later, I have been mostly buying circulars because why not? They are just long dpn, with a place for stuff to hang out when it gets heavy. The only thing I don’t like about them is that they are kinda difficult to store, right now they are in a bucket from some peppermint patty-esque things that were sitting on Amy’s desk at work. Good reuse, yes, but a big tangled mess. I have a vision of some sort of contraption made of index cards that are folded and stacked and can hang on the wall by my bed where I do most of my knitting. I tend to buy my circulars in twos, so I can go all the way around something if needed.

I am working on a Baby Albert sweater #1 in Cotton-Ease from LB. This yarn is nicer than I thought it would be, and I love the colors, Blue Candy and Blueberry. I am making 2 sweaters for the twins because I hated the shawl that I was going to make for their mom. Not sure about the sizing though, it’s supposed to be for 0-3 (that is months, yeah? I don’t have any kids to ask) but it looks a lot bigger than that. I am a bit off gauge though, 21sts over 4 inches instead of 20/4, but the directions said get close. I didn’t think it would be that much larger. But that’s fine, most kids get bigger over time, not smaller. : /

Here’s the first one:

The second will be in the opposite colors. They are fraternal, so their gifts can be too. Kinda like my socks.