Last night I finished a pair of socks, so naturally today I cast on another. I will not disclose the pattern or the yarn of the socks in question because, well, I’m afraid that the person I’m knitting them for as a Christmas gift will read this blog post…the Christmas season does start early for us knitters!
I will at least mention that the socks are another Cookie A design, whose nonstandard, innovative way of looking at socks explains why the ribbing is kinda’ different. Not obscenely different in a weird, sadistic, it’s-a-good-thing-Cookie-is-0n-the-other-side-of-the-country-so-I-can’t-stab-her-with-my-needles kind of way. It’s a simple six-stitch pattern: K1 P1 K2 P2.
My older daughter and I have been recently listening to a lot of Muse, particularly their classic Showbiz album. As I work this slightly nonstandard rib, the chorus to the song below keeps playing in my head. If you’re a knitter, close your eyes as the chorus plays and just drink in the cadence of the rib pattern. You may not totally get it. Maybe I’m completely nuts. Just try it.
K1 P1 K2 P2
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