I needed another portable project and hit the web. I found instructions for toe-up socks here. I have basically ignored them except for the instructions for the Figure-8 cast-on which seems fiddly but works. I suppose it gets easier with practice. Luckily I had two sets of size one dpns as I broke one on the cast on, too bad that I only have wooden needles in this size.
The yarn is Sock It To Me Collection Colori which my mom gave me for Christmas. The colors are pretty but I am wondering if a garterstitch toe might have shown it off more. Perhaps I will use some kind of pattern for the body of the sock.
I knit this on the train to NYC yesterday. We listened to a lot of wonderful Mozart. Had a lovely drink before the train, and then came home.
On the trip home I managed to knit until the conductor collected our tickets, which was just outside Yonkers. Then I was tired, my back was sore, my hip was sore, my feet were going to sleep and and I was terribly cold, so I wrapped myself up in my coat and tried scrunching myself into a corner and escaping into sleep. I slept from Yonkers to New Hamburg, an accomplishment in and of itself.