I’m not sure what it is–maybe the slightly warmer days and the sun shining a little bit longer each evening–but I’ve been in super-crafty mode for a while. Today, I decided to get back to my knitting, since I haven’t done anything with yarn for a really long time. Of course, I needed a super cool pattern to get me back into the craft, and I found it: Space Invaders socks. The pattern is hosted on knitty.com, a site that I highly recommend you check out if you’re not familiar with it already.
So I went out today and bought my wool yarn–black, white, and green–and my circular knitting needles. I’ve used DPNs before, but never circulars. After casting on my 92 stitches, I was jumping to go at starting the corrugated rib at the cuff of the sock, only to realize that my needles are too long.
I bought 16-inch needles. I need 12-inch needles.
I knew that this project would be mentally taxing, but I wasn’t expecting to run into a wall this early. I’m planning to post the whole adventure on my blog here. Just as soon as I get the right needles, of course.
