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I've decided to give this Magic Loop thing some serious attention.  I've decided that this is yet another technique that requires my mastery.  And why?  Well, because it is practical.  I have put off making mittens, gloves and legwarmers (which seem to have made a fashion comeback) and other such items, until said time that I have mastered Magic Loop.  Magic Looping is using one very long circular needle, as opposed to double pointed needles, which is presently the way I do it.  The benefit of Magic loop is traveling is much easier, and I would suspect you'd  worry less then you would transporting work on dpn's.  But most importantly, with Magic loop, you get to do two at a time.  So if you are going to say make mittens, gloves, sleeves, or socks, you can do the pair as opposed to dpn's which you generally do one at a time.  Long ago, in my attempt to make a pair of socks, I knit one sock.  I still have that one sock.  Never got around to making the other.  Magic loop would prevent such a travesty from happening in the future.  Then I put off jumping on the Magic Loop band wagon, because, well, I actually am quite comfortable working with dpns.  And then I further distanced myself from the whole Magic Loop experience, having convinced myself that this technique is best served by sock knitters.  I am not a sock knitter.  As you probably guessed, because I made just one useless sock.  One lonely sock.  And it wasn't for anyone in particular.  I just wanted to prove to myself that I could make socks if I wanted too.  Or in my case, a sock. But I have come to see the error of my ways.  Why Magic Loop, really is Magic!  To think that the next time I make a sweater, I could just do it Magic Loop style, as opposed to the one lonely sleeve at a time.  I could bang out mittens, legwarmers two at a time.  And so I plan to sit in on my knitting compadres Magic Loop Class.  Wish me luck!