M is for March and Monkeys!

[chemicallace]

Hey Everyone!

As it's now March, we've got a new bi-monthly pick: Monkey from Winter 2006's Knitty.

What yarn will you be going for? I'm still trying to narrow down some greens...

Comments

[starfish]

I totally bailed on the Blackrose, but the Sock Knitters Anonymous theme this month is lace, and Monkey is at the top of my queue, so I'm going to give it a go. I have some Tofutsies in a blue-white variegated that I think will work pretty well. I will probably do the toe-up variation because I have trouble casting on stretchy enough.

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[ct]

Ooh, Tofutsies. I have some of that sitting in a bin. That might be a better option than the Knitpicks...

I also have problems with casting on too tightly. A trick that might work for you on patterns that don't have a toe-up variation is to use a provisional cast on, and then pick it out once you're done with the sock to use a stretchy bind off. I'm a fan of the sewn bind off for this purpose. If you remember to leave a few feet of yarn hanging when you start knitting, you can use that for the bind off and you don't even have an extra end to weave in.