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<\/a>Which I then cast on for these socks.<\/p>\nThen I dug around in the stash again and came out with this.<\/p>\n Here’s how it looks so far.<\/p>\n Did that manage to sate this particular round of startitis, you may ask?<\/p>\n Not really.\u00c2\u00a0 I still have a hunger to cast on for a lightweight cardigan that is oh-so-handy for summers in the Northwest.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m still hunting for the perfect yarn that won’t break the bank, and thinking that this might be the project to try my hand at recycling yarn.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Almost as soon as finishitis was over, startitis set in.\u00c2\u00a0 (You knew that was coming, right?) I went stash-diving and pulled out a second family-gifted skein of sock yarn. Which I then cast on for these socks. That’s a super … Continue reading <\/a>That’s a super simple K2, P1 rib there.\u00c2\u00a0 Doesn’t it look fancy?\u00c2\u00a0 I know, simple.\u00c2\u00a0 But that also means it’s commuter knitting worthy.\u00c2\u00a0 And since I’ve also been lucky enough to catch uncrowded buses lately, they’re trucking right along.<\/p>\n<\/a>This is a discontinued thick-and-thin yarn that I stashed ages ago, and which I also happen to have 11 balls of.\u00c2\u00a0 Sweater worthy stash size.\u00c2\u00a0 So I frogged (also known to you non-knitters as ripping out) a sweater I had cast on all those years ago and started over.\u00c2\u00a0 My gauge has changed considerably.\u00c2\u00a0 For the better.<\/p>\n<\/a>Yes, to the untrained eye that looks like a lump of nothing.\u00c2\u00a0 To the rest of us that’s the bottom third of the sweater from the hemline advancing toward the underarm.\u00c2\u00a0 It is also a plain project and therefore a quick knit while watching TV dramas or interesting movies or engaging in particularly interesting knit night discussions.\u00c2\u00a0 Take your pick.<\/p>\n