Ok.. I know it's every one's favorite way to knit socks. Well or it certainly seems that way when you look at the net. And yep, it would prevent mismatched socks, and unfinished second socks. But I'm coming out here as a hater. I HATE two socks on two circs. I've tried it. Well I tried it tonight and as far as I can tell what it does is destroy the beauty that is knitting socks. Socks are perfect because they're small, you can stuff them in your coat pocket. They're mindless. You just keep going round and round. Sure you finish one and have to start another. That's not bad. It's just the way things are.
So for those who love two socks on two circs, more power to you. For myself.. I'm going back to double pointers. Maybe I'll try again. Maybe I'll have somebody who loves it show me. Mechanically I've got it figured out. It works. It makes two tubes, but all the flopping and tangling and twisting.. it's just so totally unappealing to me as to have ruined sock knitting as a pastime. Meh.

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The December 2006 issue of Shojo Beat, a japanese comic anthology published in the USA that includes fashion and makeup tips for teen girls, devoted about 4 pages to covering two knitting projects, one a scarf shown in a comic and the other a set of Katamari Damacy-inspired earmuffs. Diagrams and some cryptic instructions (with a sidebar to translate the standard cryptic instructions) along with photos were printed. Let me know if you want to see it. Be careful, the AnimeIowa attendees are finding more in common with you. :)
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