Just before Christmas we made our duty visit to the Cotswolds, where, fortunately, all was well with my husband's step-mother. While there we did a little pootling in Stratford, passing this wrapped, or yarn-bombed, tree.
I can understand the idea behind this practice, but only to a degree. It's a bit like those giant art-works involving wrapping whole buildings in cloth. Several of the qualities of knitted or crocheted fabric are negated by this process: it's not keeping anything warm, it's not waterproof, it will get dirty.. I do think that this one looks cute though, like an illustration in a child's book.
A friend recently attempted to log her wips on Ravelry. She gave up the attempt when she realised that there were more than twenty items on the needles around her house. I have not counted how many unfinished items I have, but it will be a few.
I generally like to work on one item at a time, but have been persuaded
by Jean Miles' practice of having several items of varying complexity on the go, for different purposes: waiting-rooms, car journeys, quiet afternoons.
Top of this list is the Pierowall pullover. I'm now working on the last section, involving decreasing through those complex charts. This is knitting which demands my full attention. I retreat to the dining room, where I can have the chart laid out on the table in front of me. It's taking some time, but I am pleased with the effect.
Edited to add: After ten hours of the Radio 4 production of "War and Peace", I am happy to announce that the Pierowall Pullover has now moved to Finished Object status.
In the original, the designer, Liz Lovick, used sixteen different yarns, swapping one yarn in each row to give a subtle shaded effect. It was knitted in the round, with steeks, and had patterns front and back. I'd love to see it in wear.
In my simplified version (!!) I used a speckled sock yarn by Katia with a 4ply merino in jade for the front, which I knitted back and forth. This may have been a mistake. For the back I used a 150 gm ball of a sock yarn by Regia, in a remarkably similar colour, using a plain single rib.
For the edgings, I used that combination of garter stitch and rib which I have used before, which just gives a neat edge. Wet blocking the front made all the difference to the set of the stitches on the front. It has a luxurious handle from the Merino 4-ply. Incredibly, it took only one ball of the Katia speckled sock yarn.
I love it.
.
I can understand the idea behind this practice, but only to a degree. It's a bit like those giant art-works involving wrapping whole buildings in cloth. Several of the qualities of knitted or crocheted fabric are negated by this process: it's not keeping anything warm, it's not waterproof, it will get dirty.. I do think that this one looks cute though, like an illustration in a child's book.
A friend recently attempted to log her wips on Ravelry. She gave up the attempt when she realised that there were more than twenty items on the needles around her house. I have not counted how many unfinished items I have, but it will be a few.
I generally like to work on one item at a time, but have been persuaded
by Jean Miles' practice of having several items of varying complexity on the go, for different purposes: waiting-rooms, car journeys, quiet afternoons.
Top of this list is the Pierowall pullover. I'm now working on the last section, involving decreasing through those complex charts. This is knitting which demands my full attention. I retreat to the dining room, where I can have the chart laid out on the table in front of me. It's taking some time, but I am pleased with the effect.
Edited to add: After ten hours of the Radio 4 production of "War and Peace", I am happy to announce that the Pierowall Pullover has now moved to Finished Object status.
In the original, the designer, Liz Lovick, used sixteen different yarns, swapping one yarn in each row to give a subtle shaded effect. It was knitted in the round, with steeks, and had patterns front and back. I'd love to see it in wear.
In my simplified version (!!) I used a speckled sock yarn by Katia with a 4ply merino in jade for the front, which I knitted back and forth. This may have been a mistake. For the back I used a 150 gm ball of a sock yarn by Regia, in a remarkably similar colour, using a plain single rib.
For the edgings, I used that combination of garter stitch and rib which I have used before, which just gives a neat edge. Wet blocking the front made all the difference to the set of the stitches on the front. It has a luxurious handle from the Merino 4-ply. Incredibly, it took only one ball of the Katia speckled sock yarn.
I love it.
.
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2 comments:
Absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations. How, exactly, does your edging work?
Well done! Gorgeous.
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