Yarn Bits: Knitting in the Round

I have been a bit delinquent again, but I was busy with the Moose Show for the past few days. However, we're back in the studio again and life can return to its usual routine. Perhaps I'll even get to the blog more often.

A few posts ago I talked about trying to knit with 4 double-pointed needles so that I could then try sock knitting. I have finished the leg warmers I was working on for practice knitting in the round. Now I have been sampling with our 3/5 handpainted tencel to work out a gauge and needle size because, eventually, I want to knit socks with the tencel yarn. I used U.S. #2 or 2.75 bamboo needles-double pointed and if I'm measuring correctly, I'm getting 8 stitches to the inch and about 10 rows of stocking stitch to an inch. The tension looks good to me with this yarn and this size needle, if anything the needle size could go down a bit more. The plan is to go back to heavier yarn and try a 'real' sock with heel and toe and if that works out, I'll try a tencel sock. No promises as to exactly when all this might happen. It really depends on how much television I watch in the next little while because that is my knitting time.