Socks and Sollutions

I am knitting on my first pair of socks done with knit picks sock yarn (Palette). Let me tell you it is a dream to work with!
Until now I have made socks with either 100% cotton or 90% cotton 10% rayon sock yarns. I have gotten into the bad habit of loosly knitting the first two rows of the cuff, then when sock is done strectching etc to even out. With the wool I knew I had to find some other way to deal with this. I did.
What I did is knit the first two rows with a much smaller needle, size 1. Then I knitted the third row off onto larger needles, size 4, that I would use for the bulk of the sock. Since these socks are for me, and I tend to wear slip on shoe styles unless the weather mandates that I wear boots, I will not reinforce the heal. I will switch back to a smaller needle, size 2 or 3, to knit the toes. That way it’ll make the toe section a little stronger.
I also am a very lazy knitter in many ways. I hate to throw away something if I can use it to make something that I then won’t have to buy, or will save me time and hassles. Combine that with the fact that I drink alot of coffee, and you get four things when it comes to knitting these socks: (1), Alot of empty plastic coffee canisters that dh would like for me to throw away; (2), My desire to do something creative with the empty canisters; (3), My desire to avoid having to roll into a ball yarn that is already in a ball; (4), A creative solution to the delima! What I did was use a plastic coffee canister (you seen that one coming didn’t you…lol) to solve the problem
Here’s what I did. I cut two small holes into the lid of the of the canister. I then took little strips of tape and covered the edges of the holes. I then took two small patches of fabric and cut a tiny hole into them, then taped them on the underside of the lid over the holes. I then run the yarn ends threw the holes, place the balls of yarn into the canister, then snap the lid onto the canister. Bodda-bing bodda-boom, two problems solved at once!
I have taken pictures of the “Yarn Java Jar” (as I am calling it), and will post to my blog as soon as the film can be developed.

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