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Shekure's Spiral Socks

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I have been intrigued by the free  stashbuster spirals  pattern by Janine Hempy for quite a while, and after looking at comments on the ravelry page I knew I wanted to use the technique I preferred (toe-up, gusset and heel flap, two at a time, magic loop) instead of the designer's choice of toe and heel.  As you can probably guess, this was a HUGE hassle.  The basic gist of the spirals pattern is that you split the round into thirds and knit a third with the first yarn, a third with a second, a third with the third.  If you do gusset increases, this kind of messes up your numbers, though you can't really tell.  The other issue is that two at a time means, in my case, SIX balls of yarn going at once.  I did it, but it involved a lot of untwisting.  I have yet to weave in all the ends on my (frankly, kind of fugly) first pair done this way, but I did eventually wrestle them into submission. My second pair, is much simpler and easier for me to knit on autopilot.  After a request