The sock inventory development plan

After last month's sock yarn extravaganza, I have enough in the stash for at least 15 pairs of matching socks, and probably enough in leftovers to make an additional 2 pairs. I'm itching to knit it all up, but you know what they say: if you fail to plan, then plan to fail.

I've been pondering a sock inventory development plan, which admittedly is not much of a plan. Its initial, sole point was that I should knit plain patterns on the train and lacy patterns at home. I reasoned that my brain is way too small to memorize a stitch pattern, as evidenced by my Monkey sock experience. However, as I was happily knitting away on my Daffodil sock this evening, I noticed something useful about my work bag. There's a slim pocket on the outside of the bag, into which can slip very nicely an index card, onto which I could very easily write out the relevant stitch pattern. Genius!

A few weeks ago, in the early stages of plan development, I realized that I needed more than one size 0 circular needle if I was going to have more than one fingering weight sock project in progress. Yay for mail packages which arrive with fortuitous timing!



That's a second size 0 circular, and a size 1 just for kicks!

I really love the KnitPicks fixed circulars. They have a nice feel to them, and the cables are super flexible for magic looping.

Um, and in the interest of full disclosure, I suppose I must admit to this:



Knit Picks Essential in Meteor Twist. How can you say no to $6 socks??

It's likely that the Daffodil sock will be complete as early as this Friday, depending on how the work week goes. My exam is next Monday, so I'll probably be casting on for Kaylee on Tuesday night. And my next course doesn't ramp up until the end of the month, so I'll have a few weeks of prime knitting time to get some projects onto the needles. Yay!