So, apparently I've become fairly obsessed with double knitting. If you don't know what that it it's when you cast on two pieces at the same time, onto the same needle, and knit them both one stitch at a time. If you cross the colours over (creating a reversed two-colour pattern on each side) the two pieces are connected, but you can also knit two separate items, if you're careful and don't twist your yarn anyway. My second potholder features the Studio Ghibli forest troll Totoro and his two…