Look at me posting! Its because I'm typing it at work and then I will transfer it to my computer at home. Hurrah for return checks. Having a computer available at work makes it a lot easier to not work. Before there was only so much I could do while hiding upstairs.

I have been dedicatedly knitting lately, instead of just picking it up at SnB. I caught Lord of the Rings fever again at the first of the week so I have been watching and stitching. They played them on the Teevee over the weekend, but I didn't really watch them- why should I when I can see the longer ones with commentary?

So I've been watching and knitting trying to rock my Noro sock. Its toe up with a gusset on account of my giant feet. But because of my giant feet I have had to semi-wing it with a pattern. I'm sort of using Widdershins from Knitty but that is for an 8 inch foot and I'm 10.

So, the heel of this sock is on attempt 2. I got all the way up to almost the end of the heel flap before I tried it on. It "fit" but not the way I really wanted it to. So yesterday I pulled it all the way back to the end of the gusset. I wanted it to be longer so I added a few more gusset rounds. I turned the heel last night, but after looking over a few internet resources today I have decided to pull out the turn again and make it bigger. I'm just not happy about it the way that it is. It seems stupid that if I'm going to rip back as much as I did the first time and not just take it back a few rows, short rows at that.

I think I have made enough notes about number of stitches on the needle to be able to duplicate this (and by this I mean the size of the sock, not the trouble with heels) again on the next sock. I thought I was going to make the next smaller in circumference but I think I'm going to keep it the same. For the next pair though, I will take out about 4 stitches. I am definitely in love with the magic loop method. I started it on double points so as not to have the cord in my way (using a modified [by me] figure 8 cast on). The Knitpicks needles are super awesome, the needle is nice and long (I can fit the whole half of my giant sock on the needle at once) and the cord is thin and very flexible. Perfect for magic loopin.