Ask a knitter why they knit socks and one reason they will inevitably tell you is that they are portable projects. You can take a sock in progress (SIP) on a train, on vacation, on a date (yes I did that) and run into relatively few mishaps. Well my dears, I believed this fable to be true. Living in a one bedroom apartment socks are the perfect project for me. One ball of yarn, one little bag, and four little needles. Very manageable. Alas, as happens so often in my life, I have created a monster. Behold, the Sockupine.
The Sockupine was born innocently enough with a pair of orange cabled socks that require a bit more concentration than I can give them while chatting at Tuesday night knitting group. Thus they were shoved to the bottom of the little sock bag. Next I was lured by the sweet song of some fruity colored On Line Supersocke and began another pair which also went in the little bag. Then, realizing I would soon need a present for someone dear to me and being unable to resist another tryst with the Supersocke I started in on a third pair which also went into the bag. By the light of the moon the 12 tiny needles morphed into a hideous finger-jabbing creature that I discovered by morning's light: The Sockupine.
My only choice now is to don my armor and sit down and slay the evil beast before I lose a hand by sticking it in the sock bag. If I fail all socks in the bag are lost along with a bit of my dignity. So let this be a cautionary tale for you. You may see this as a reason to be diligent and finish your socks in neat little pairs or simply to keep your pairs separated where they cannot conspire against you. Whatever you do, beware The Sockupine.
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Well, cuz I don't use double-pointeds, I don't make a Sockupine. But a few pairs of circulars make a sort of Ball of Snakes. Snake-Socks. Snocks. Whatever. (If you drop crumbs in while eating something during the knitting, you just might have Snacks.)
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