New Post at The Dye Pot. I got a little carried away this time and dyed a tartan!
Well, not really - but have a look at Black Watch, the latest in the variegated experiments.
I was playing around with the Horseshoe lace pattern last night, still thinking about a shawl :)
Multiple of 10 + 1
Row 1: (WS - and all wrong side rows)) Purl
Row 2: (RS) K1, YO, K3, sl2 knitwise-K1-psso, K3, YO, K1
Row 4: K2, YO, K2, sl2 knitwise-K1-psso, K2, YO, K2
Row 6: K3, YO, K1, sl2 knitwise-K1-psso, K1, YO, K3
Row 8: K4, YO, sl2 knitwise-K1-psso, YO, K4
The double decrease in the center isn’t the one normally used. Usually a sl1-K2tog-psso is the action taken but that always looks, I don’t know, a little clunky to me. I like the centered double-decrease better.
I finished this swatch by eliminating the YOs and just doing the center double decrease until all the stitches were used up. But as I studied it, it seemed to me that this shape:
...would make a graceful shawl with the points coming over the shoulders to the front and the back being an invert red tear shape. I need to play with this some more but the idea is intriguing. Oh I know better knitters than I have probably already figured this out and I’m likely re-inventing the wheel here. But there’s something to be said for working things out on your own - at least there’s something in it for me. It’s fun :)
I’ve also got socks on the needles - ones I had to frog back to the beginning. I had thought that the purl bump in the Broken Rib pattern would look interesting in a contrasting color. No doubt they would but I couldn’t get past my fumble-fingers enough to make it work so the socks are being knit in plain 3 x 1 ribbing - nice and soft, nice and stretchy - plain, dull navy blue :)
Have a great weekend!
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oh, i have an affinity for combinations of blues and greens, so ‘black watch’ is just about my favorite yet-
i do so enjoy your thought processes about working out the shawl pattern- i can just hear your brain ticking, ticking, ticking along until you solve a problem- being a lemming myself, i love to see how the actual process of working out a pattern (which i will slavishly copy) evolves-
stay happy-
I am always amazed at how boldly creative and adventuresome you are with your knitting. Me, I will probably live off the thrill of designing the Avalanche Vest for the next year; you, every time I look at your blog you’ve designed something new and original!
Barb - Well, it was a bit of a surprise but the colors do work together nicely. That leaf green didn’t look nearly so…vibrant…before it was surrounded with darker colors :) I think this would make a nice hat or scarf for a guy.
Ryan - But you can design and make something like the Avalanche. Just the thought of picking up stitches for ribbing makes my eyes cross :) And that doens’t mean I won’t try it - I can always strand wools together to get gauge. It’s a real honey, that little vest :)
That horseshoe lace would make a great bookmark too. I am in love with you new dyeing adventure. It was great chatting with you guys the other evening.
Maureen - Aww gee :) THe color son this one don’t thrill me personally, but I think the vareigation came out pretty well.
I’m glad you dropped by Chatters - it was great to see you! Still keeping my fingers crossed for your shoulder - from one left-hander to another :)
I love your picture of the week!
KC - Thanks :) The view is out my kitchen window. Welcome to the blog world :)
