My first pair!

Yarn: Brown Sheep Wildfoote in color SY-800 (Sonatina)
Needles: A 29" Boye#2 & a 24" Addi Turbo#2; I hate the Boye. It's sharp and smooth, but the huge, rough join and the stiff, inflexible cable make the needle total shite (my opinion only, of course). I bought it to save money (it was super cheap at the local Ben Franklin) but I won't be making that mistake again.
Pattern: Basic toe-up using short row toe & heel (from the tutorial on knitty); 2x2 ribbed cuff with a 1x1 rib for the last 6 rounds; worked both at the same time; tubular bind-off from this tutorial




I even have enough yarn left over to make another pair, so I'm going to try a pattern this time. I really like the toe-up construction, so I'm going to stick with that, but I want to learn a new cast-on and heel method, so I'll see what I find.

Also, a question for you experienced sock knitters. I bought Jitterbug from a shop while on vacation in NYC, and there was a knot in what was serendipitiously the middle of the skein. Is that typical of Jitterbug? I know it's a lot of yarn for the money (more than 200 yards per skein!), so it would make sense to me to be able to split it in half and make a pair, but I have the feeling that's just me being naive.

Happy to be part of the KAL!
~jen~
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