An Interesting Theory

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I recently read something that I thought was interesting to say the least.

Your knitting varies each day with your mood, and what is going on around you. This affects your speed and gauge a bit.

I completely understand how speed can be affected (if you have kids tugging on you or calling you every 5 minutes one day and then hardly at all the next, you will see varying rates of progress) but honestly, I don’t see how the statement can apply to gauge. If it did, wouldn’t you notice changes on anything you knit that takes more than an afternoon to complete? Wouldn’t our sweaters and afghans or individual socks have noticeable variances? Wouldn’t we look at our work and laugh (or be completely discouraged!) and point out that, “that section must have been knit when junior totaled the car!” or, “oh yeah, I had some serious PMS when I knit the last 2 inches on the leg of that sock!”

This statement was in reference to the suggestion that it is good/necessary to knit the two socks of a pair concurrently. I had believed that this suggestion had something to do with “SSS” ~ second sock syndrome. If you work on two socks concurrently, you don’t have to worry about whether or not you’ll actually cast on that other sock!

Maybe I’m just missing something, but I just don’t see how my mood and circumstances can have any real or significant effect on my knitting tension. What do you think? What has your experience been? Please answer my poll.  Thanks!!!

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