January 21, 2006
Knitting Olympics 2006
The Yarn Harlot has issued a challenge and along with what looks like several hundred other knitters, I have replied. This is what I’ve chosen.
Project 3: Child’s Jacket from Hand Knitting – New Directions by Alison Ellen.
For those of you who have not yet seen it, this volume is a feast for the eyes. To render three dimensional surfaces so faithfully is truly a gift. The swatches are literally alive with texture. Kudos to Colin Mills the photographer. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is a knitter.
Apart from the photography, New Directions reads beautifully. It’s totally in keeping with the spirit of the Knitting Olympics which is to challenge oneself. My challenge is to learn non-stranded color knitting and circles, lovely flat circles for the as yet unrealized hat designs that haunt my wandering mind continuously.
As anxious as I am to start I will of course comply with the rules. I will cast on 2pm EST on February 10th and finish before the Olympic flame goes out February 26th. Unfortunately the colors called for are not all available so it’s off to The Fold I go for a worthy substitute. In the meantime I’ll work on circles. And write the first of what I hope to be many hat patterns. And gather a second wind for the opus, a receiving blanket for my niece, who is due to arrive in the world in March.
Christening Chrysalis by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts in The Best of Knitter’s Magazine Shawls and Scarves. I’m using No. 1 Addis and a wonderful fingering weight Suri Alpaca I bought at last year’s Alpaca show in Grayslake, Illinois. It’s called 100% USA Suri Alpaca. The color is Champagne and it was spun by Royal Fiber Spinnery. To order contact Loren & Judy Stevens and (800) 469-5262.
The center panel is done. See?
And I’m 85% finished with picking up stitches for the inner border. That’s 220 stitches on each side with a corner stitch thrown in for good measure. Even though the prospect of 884 stitch rows on number one Addis and fingering weight Suri Alpaca is a good enough reason to take a break, even though picking up 220 tiny hairy uncooperative stitches TWICE made me a bit testy, it was the counting that did me in: 221, no 223, no 220, let’s be sure, 221, it can’t be, 219...
So the project is resting, even though the baby might, like her brother, arrive early.
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