marty

While that's a good idea, I'm not convinced your conclusion is correct. But maybe I'm just missing something. Why would they eventually arrive at a win, and not a draw?

Yes, that would let you know if the one you asked tells the truth or lies. But IIRC those riddles are usually constructed such that that is not enough to solve them. For example, sometimes there are more than two people that you need to identify. Or you need to find the correct door amongst multiple. All with a single question to one of the people.

Importantly, it also has a different crust-to-center ratio, which - depending on your taste - could be a reason to go for less pizza.

Thanks for the big compliment!

That pattern is really just one of the simplest forms of cable knitting. Which is super easy, if you can believe it. I would say that if you can knit at all, you can also knit cables. You should try it one day. But without the hyperfixation. I know exactly what you mean 😀

Thanks for the friendly welcome 🙂

Very early on I made the error of telling a friend that I picked up knitting and I jokingly asked her if she wanted a pair of socks. Well, to my shock she said yes! So I didn't have a choice but to dive right in 😀

And I'm sure I would not have persevered if I didn't have that "motivation". The first sock was so hard! Even just reading the instructions. Half a page of text for the heel only. And I didn't know what half of the words meant. I interpreted it some way, tried it out, it didn't look right, knitted backwards, rinse, repeat... And when I finally had a sock after many, many painful hours, it turned out way too big! But I learned so much.

My shy-away project is definitely a sweater. Every knitter needs to make one someday, don't they? They are so intimidatingly huge. Socks may be complicated, but a least they are small.

The glove was my the last project before I took a break that ended when I made these two pairs of socks. I'm happy with how the glove turned out. But I have to say, I didn't enjoy making it as much as I do socks. It felt quite a bit more tedious. Having to knit the fingers separately. Very few stitches per needle, so constant needle-switching. I simply couldn't get into that sweet groove that socks provide. But one day it'll get a sibling, I promise!

Thanks for the suggestions! I definitely need to try out some different techniques soon.

When learning to knit socks, I consciously started with double pointed needles and top-down, because I wanted to get the "classic" and "traditional" experience first. But I can already feel the downsides to doing it this way. For starters, I never get the right tension where the work switches DPNs, resulting in columns of oversized stitches.

And the toe was horrible in the beginning! Now that I'm doing the kitchener stitch it's gotten better, but I never to seem to get it quite right. It always looks a little off.. That toe cast-on in your second link looks so sexy in comparison :-)