I finally broke down. The ladies at my LYS have been “gently encouraging” me to try the magic loop for a while now. I had a pair of mittens to make for Gwen, so I decided to try it. I went on over to knittinghelp.com(very instructional website) to learn how to do the loop (everyone is doing it!). I watched the video once, and saw how to do it. The problem I saw, is that even in the instructional video, it looked like a lot more work that it was worth.
I watched Amy spend a lot of time sliding the work around on needles, and fighting with the transition from cable to needle. The video sure didn’t make it seem any easier. But, I decide to try it myself.
Well, I’m able to do it. However, it seems like it takes a lot longer to make progress, as so much time is devoted to dropping the yarn, and sliding the needles around. I might try it again sometime, but right now, I still prefer my DPNs.
Anyway, loop or no loop, I like the mittens:
Were you knitting both at once via Magic Loop? I can’t dredge up enough interest to try that, but one-at-a-time on Magic Loop is nice. I spend a lot – a LOT – of time searching for the DPN I just dropped.