Toe Up!

I love to knit socks. I have always knit them top down, meaning from cuff to the toe. I found a cute little pattern for anklets knit toe up in Vogue Knitting, The Ultimate Sock Book and am LOVING it! You only need to cast on 8 stitches to begin. Top down you cast on 64 stitches or so to begin. Casting on is not my favorite part of knitting as I always seem to under-estimate the length of the "tail" I need for the long-tail cast on. I am, however, a wee bit nervous about the cast off of these toe up socks as I tend to cast of tightly. Any thoughts or suggestions?

The yarn I'm using for these socks is Brown Sheep Wildfoote Luxury Sock in the Sonatina Colorway. I like the way it knits.

Last time we were at the Farm I knit my first Moebius using Cat Bordhi's A Second Treasury of Magical Knitting. This was totally fun. I also learned how to do an applied I-cord which gives this scarf a very professional finish! It was so fast and so much fun that I'm going to knit one for each my Mom and Sister for our December tea!

This moebius scarf was knit using Mushisi from Plymouth Yarn. It's a wool silk blend. Wonderful to work with and drapes beautifully. This is the Shrimp colorway.

On another note, I'm leaving this weekend for a personal retreat at the Farm. Just me, myself and I. Much spinning, knitting, and quiet personal reflection will be had and I can't wait. I've also loaded up on the first 5 seasons of House and the first 2 seasons of Bones just in case I get tired of myself .......