A Fix

Most mornings
I get a fix--
not to worry:
we're not talking
Jack Daniels or snuff.

Think Stephanie McPhee
"the Yarn Harlot."

Today I read the commentary
and moved on for a look-see
at her free patterns.

Tiptoe socks enchanted me.
But!

It was the "fix it"
tips that made my day.

First, "jogless jog."
When knitting in the round
with more than one color
add the new color and when
you get back to the first
stitch of the new color,
drop down, pick up a stitch
of the old color from the
row below and knit the two together.

Now I have heard
this bit of wisdom
many times before.
But this morning
it makes sense.

Next, "knitting in ends."
McPhee describes knitting
in those pesky ends with an
under over procession using
a length of the old color and
the working skein.

I've died and gone to heaven.
Well, not quite, but the door
to all those striped patterns
I've avoided just opened.

Now if someone
could fix the leak
in the shower faucet.
Maybe another day...

Off for a coffee fix...