Cast away...

A few people asked about which cast on I learned this weekend - it's the knit cast on. A great knitty article showed me the way. From the description of the long tail cast on given, I'm surprised that I was able to recall how to do it when I came back to knitting after my few years of hiatus. I still have to learn to do a cable chain cast on. I learned the Mobius Cast On from Cat Bordhi herself, which is a provisional cast on, but I haven't figured out how to use it for a single loop. I used the "figure 8" cast on with magic loop for the socks, so theoretically I knew 2 non-long tail cast ons before this weekend, but only for use in very specific conditions. Oh - and the sock yarn - Socks that Rock in Spinel colourway; it's a teal with very subtle variations in tone. Awesome to knit with, especially now that I am using some Opal and have something to compare the STR with. It would look great with any pattern, but for a change, I decided not to overextend my reach and just did this sock in plain stockinette. I had planned to upload my "celebrity" shot today, but sadly, blogger doesn't feel like uploading my photos today. I will hopefully have a chance to do so before I head out of town on Saturday morning. Maybe I should take this opportunity to pack. Have to figure out what knitting stuff to take, don't you know ;)