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New hairdresser, new hair! I really like her and the color looks great - still a lot of warmth, since I wear so little makeup, and nice highlights just at the crown of my head. I do have some grey to cover, but it's really more that I find the natural medium-dark brown color of my hair a little flat, a little uninteresting. I just feel like I look better in general with really good depth of color, and when the color looks great I feel great wearing no makeup. I have a complicated relationship with makeup, actually - I love to play with it but I really get irritated with it for everyday. I don't have the patience to keep fiddling with it, I don't like the way it feels on my skin, etc. It's much easier for me to just keep my skin in reasonably good shape (sunscreen & moisturizer & good hydration) with well-groomed brows and a great cut and color combination.

Anyway.

Also, why the hell can't I knit? Actually, I know why - every time I fool around with it I get really frustrated and put it down and don't pick it up again for months. The big problem is that I stitch too tight - I am a freaking PRO at casting on now because I've done it so many times, but the stitches are too tight and then the knitting is tough because I have a hard time getting back into the stitches to knit them. *throws the whole mess across the room* I read somewhere that I could cast on over two needles together - doesn't that leave them TOO loose? Anybody have any other tips for me?

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[aome.livejournal.com]

You treat the two needles as one really BIG needle. It's no different from casting on with one needle. Once the stitches are all on, you pull the extra needle out, leaving the stitches on the one remaining needle, as usual. And no, as long as you're casting on pretty tightly anyway, it doesn't make things look funny or cause any problems - I do it all the time. Another option is to cast on with two slightly smaller needles, ie if your pattern asks for size 6 needles, cast on with two size 4-5s, pulling out the extra needle afterwards, as above, but use the regular size 6s for the actual knitting from that point on.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

It worked really well, casting over two! My stitches are still on the tight side, but the real trouble is always getting into the cast stitches, so this helps a lot. Thanks!