I’ve been putting time and energy into Starsky and finished the body last night. (And I must say, I’m relieved the sleeves are plain.) So I haven’t even finished the cuff of the second Endpaper Mitt, or started another sock.

A good reason to delay starting a sock was that Artisan Books rang to say this was in:

Cat Bordhi’s “New Pathways for Sock Knitters”. I wanted to check it out before picking a new sock project.

It’s certainly an innovative book, though by now I’ve seen plenty of socks knit from it, or comment on it, so the ideas within it weren’t a surprise or revelation. Once you read the intro and how the whole idea of putting gusset increases in different places came about, each of the different sock ‘architectures’ makes perfect sense.

I’d already tried out one last year on my Quick & Dirty socks, after attempting a pair of Cat’s socks in VK mag that had the same sort of shaping. Now I’m thinking I’ll try another one next instead of the plain pair I had planned.

But the book also had me thinking of an idea I’d already had for approaching sock shaping, and then another one popped into my head last night. Both possibly dodgy, but I won’t know if they’ll work or not until I try them out.

At the same time I’ve been planning new socks, I’ve been recyling old ones. Into wristwarmers:

Another pair are long enough that I’m tempted to turn them into mini leg warmers. Would I wear mini leg warmers? I dunno – but it certainly has been cold lately.