Practice Makes Memorization

Okay, I've made the toe pattern for my Falling Leaves socks enough times that I don't even need the pattern now. This is the third time I've done both toes (okay, I'm still working on the second toe, but it's past midnight and time for me to call it a night).

For the provisional cast on, I think I'm using the "Magic 8" technique. I wrap the yarn in a figure eight pattern around the needles I'll use (both the active needle I'll use to make the short row turns of the toe, and the other I will used when I work in the round) this mean I don't have to transfer the stitches. Using the 2 circular needles works well for me.

The problem is I tend to want to knit when I don't have all my attention on my knitting. This probability isn't the best project for knitting at the movies. (Yeah, I took my socks to Iron Man 2 tonight, thus the most recent frogging.) That and the stitches are so small I have a hard time fixing it when I make a mistake or drop a stitch.

I think the only way to stop having to frog this product to the very beginning I'm going to have to put a safety line in when I'm done the first round. That is, I'm thinking I'll run thread though the stitches so if I need to undo the work again I'll be able to pick it up at the base of the toe. I should probably do the same every two or three inches, just as a safety measure.