Last night, I had a lovely dinner with two friends (and possible future roommates), and when we were finished eating, we settled in to knit. M has been knitting for a while, but had never made socks before. She had called me from Webs on Saturday afternoon, contemplating the sock yarn display and asking for advice, and yesterday she asked me if I would come help her wrestle with it. I love teaching people to knit, or new techniques! She did a gauge swatch, measured her foot, and I helped her figure out how many stitches she needed, then showed her my favorite cast-on, the Magic Cast On that I found in Knitty a while ago, and have since used for everything that could possibly use a provisional cast on. By the time I left, at about midnight, she had everything pretty well figured out, and was several rounds into the toe increases. I’m looking forward to seeing it grow, and we’ll have fun figuring out the heel. I haven’t done much teaching before, so I hope I don’t just end up confusing her. Especially since her roommate S has knit socks before, but uses different techniques than I do – I hope we don’t end up giving M conflicting advice.
If I do end up living with them, it will be a house full of crazy contra-dancing knitters. Sounds like fun to me!
Also, by the time I left their house, I had a finished Twisted Flower sock. More on that later. =)
