It dawned on me that many stitch patterns are directional and that would mean making two pieces and grafting or starting in the center and working out in both directions. I didn’t really want to do that for this scarf, so I settled on the Cameron Scarf pattern (on the sidebar under Knitting Patterns. It has a nice, textured look and couldn’t be anything but feminine in this color.
This is really, really red!
Yesterday, I was thinking about the way many patterns deform the cast on/off ends of a piece into points, scallops, etc...and wondering if working both ends from the middle would be possible. I thought maybe a rigorous blocking might take care of the issue, but there was only one way to really find out :)
So I did a provisional cast-on for the Fish-Scale Lace Panel pattern from the 365 Knitting Stitches a Year calendar (May 31st, if you’re curious), adding 2 garter selvedge stitches to each side of the panel. I worked two repeats of the pattern and then undid the provisional cast-on and worked two more repeats in the other direction. I wet it and blocked it and left it to dry overnight. This is what I got:
Bi-directional fish scales
However, there was an odd thing. I cast on 21 provisional stitches to start - 17 for the lace panel and 4 for the garter selvedges. But, when I unzipped the provisional cast-on, there were only 20 stitches. I lost a stitch on one end. I vaguely remember reading something about this some time ago and it wasn’t difficult to replace the stitch but… Where did it go?
Saturday, after we’d had a lovely lunch at The Wayside Inn, dad decided to check out a Salvation Army thrift shop in a neighboring town. He loves being able to get a good shirt for $1.00 or so and surprisingly, he is often able to do so.
At the shop, we went our separate ways - since I haven’t much interest in menswear and he isn’t thrilled with books or kitchen paraphernalia. And as I wandered down the aisles, I saw this:
What’s my name?
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She looks like Sherrill Sheep to me.
Lambchops!
Charlotte - Sherrill is cute but not quite right. Now if the doll were a Crow… :)
<b>Kathy<b> - Heheh - maybe not :) We did giggle over the possibility of calling her Mint Jelly though :)
if the name didn’t have such a silly connection in my head (think carol burnett lol) i’d suggest Ewenice ;-)
Laurie - That occurred to me and also, because of the ditsy print dress and the long apron on top, I wondered about “Ewenity” after the Puritan fashion of naming their daughters after desireable characteristics - Patience, Endurance, Charity, etc…
What about Baa-baa-ran?
Baa-b-aran?
Baa-baa baa-baa-baran
Now I can’t stop!
Laurie - LOL! Nope - very cute but absolutely not! Everytime I looked at her that damned song would run through my head. Ooops, too late :) Thanks to your suggestion, it might anway :)
B-ewe-la? Ewe-genia? Ewe-lalie?
Mary (as in Mary Had A Little Lamb), Woolis (instead of Lois), Lucy Lamb
She was found near the Wayside Inn, at the Salvation Army store, you liberated her, she is a generous soul, perhaps Harriet (in honor of Ms. Tubman of the Underground Railroad)?null
Colette - Oooooh, Ewe-lalie! Now that’s a real possibility :)
Betty - Those are wonderful suggestions :) I can see I’m going to have to incorporate several things in this name :) What the heck! Who says sheepies can’t have a plethora of names!
how about Rosemary, on account of how good little lambies taste when cooked with?
Nat - By that logic, I should name her Garlic :) Rosemary Garlique? Heheheh....
Mary had a little lamb…
so I guess she should be Mary though to me she looks like an Agnes.
Karin - Oh goodness, I never thought of that! Agnus Dei!
Lana Linn! get it??? heeee
Shannon - LOL! That’s priceless :)
