WIP Mermaid Hair Socks

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The light tonight was just too pretty not to share with you!

I debated blogging but I feel like I have absolutely nothing exciting to share with you!!! But that's ok right?!

Glitter/Sparkle yarn! Have you ever knit with it before? I have a few skeins in my stash and this skein of Mermaid Hair by Squirrel Stash Yarn was just begging me to cast on. Her yarn has the cutest names, the sparkle base is called Hazelnut Glitz and my order came wrapped all sweet with an adorable stitch marker. It definitely didn't hurt that my yarn came the same day as my new DPNs!

I've been hemming and hawing about these needles, double pointed needles, trying a new way of sock knitting etc for months. Seriously. How many times have I asked you guys your thoughts on them? A million times. My very first sock was knit on DPNs and it was...rough. I knit the second sock on circular needles and it was like a light bulb went off in my head but lately it just isn't working for me, especially two at a time.

For comfort reasons, I thought I'd try a pair of short DPNs and so far, I love them. Like, LOVELOVE. Also, I'm not sure how it's possible but I've cast on for these 6 days ago and I'm already an inch above the heel. What?! That is SO fast and I've barely had any knitting time, this was a project just in my purse- meaning I work on it in the car, waiting at appointments and while looking at tumblr at Starbucks. If you've never knit with circular needles, as you knit you have to adjust the cord but it's totally no big deal, I'm not sure if it's the lack of cord adjusting, the crazy sharp points or what but I just feel like these socks are FLYING. I am *not* a fast sock knitter at all and I'm definitely enjoying each stitch of these. We'll see if this keeps being awesome, I'll definitely report back!

I do find purling to be tricky so I need some practice on that. This is definitely not the neatest sock I've knit but I'm enjoying it. It also happens to match the cover of a book I'm starting tonight, Plus One so that's exciting.

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