Sounds mysterious, doesn't it?  Actually, it's a method of casting on stitches when one is knitting toe-up socks, and I learned it yesterday.  I say learned it because I can't say that I mastered it, and the toe of the sock I am knitting looks a little dodgy.  I'll have to knit a bit more before I decided if I have to start over or not.

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I love knitting socks! It only takes a few days to knit a pair, and there's all sorts of interesting sock yarn to choose from. The really good stuff's not cheap, though, and so much of it contains wool, which I cannot wear and I even hate to work with.  So every time I find a  pretty skein of non-wool yarn, I can't stop myself from buying it.

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This is odd:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594742324/armadilloneedlec

It makes me glad that I don't crochet, because if this was a book of knitting patterns, I'd probably have to buy it.