Post-Its Are a Girl's Best Friend
Because really, who can read this?
This, though?
Totally manageable.
But what is it, you cry, in a frenzy to know more.
Well, the very nice lady who made me that beautiful graduation quilt has been diagnosed with breast cancer, so I thought that as a thank you I would make her a chemo cap--but not just any old chemo cap. Because that would be easy, and not quilt-worthy. No, I'm going straight for the extraspicy on this one, and making Shedir, from the Knitty Breast Cancer Mini-Issue (here's the pdf, if you want to download it). Here's my progress so far, as modeled by the dashing George Bear, who, it must be said, looks a little like a Shriner in it:
This is definitely the hardest thing I've ever knit. Although the directions are clear and well-written, I find myself having to chant them under my breath as I go, which I don't usually have to, and 2 repeats into the cable, I still need to read the directions each time. It might just be that I'm better at reading patterns than charts; I'm definitely a verbal rather than a visual learner. Or it might be that I am just slow. The latter is probable. That's good to know though, because my secret and selfish motivation for making this cap is that someday I want to make Rogue, and I think this is probably a good way of familiarizing myself with Jenna's lovely and complex cable work.
Here's a closeup of what in my head are the pretzel-y bits of the cable; I'm sure there's an official cable name for them, but I think pretzel will do:
I'm using Rowan's Calmer in Peacock, by the way, and I am here to tell you that Calmer is all it's cracked up to be (Newsflash! Knitblogger loves calmer! Alert the mainstream media!). It is soft and stretchy and yummy, and I am all the sadder now that I am too poor at the moment to make NBaT. Perhaps when I am employed. (I blame my dissertation for my poverty, by the way--I just spent $50 at wretched Office Depot on binders and tabs and printer paper to make copies of my diss for all my committee members, and I just found out that I have to pay wretched UT $108 in "filing fees" to get my dissertation formally accepted. Bastards. Don't they know how much Calmer $158 would buy?)
This, though?
Totally manageable.
But what is it, you cry, in a frenzy to know more.
Well, the very nice lady who made me that beautiful graduation quilt has been diagnosed with breast cancer, so I thought that as a thank you I would make her a chemo cap--but not just any old chemo cap. Because that would be easy, and not quilt-worthy. No, I'm going straight for the extraspicy on this one, and making Shedir, from the Knitty Breast Cancer Mini-Issue (here's the pdf, if you want to download it). Here's my progress so far, as modeled by the dashing George Bear, who, it must be said, looks a little like a Shriner in it:
This is definitely the hardest thing I've ever knit. Although the directions are clear and well-written, I find myself having to chant them under my breath as I go, which I don't usually have to, and 2 repeats into the cable, I still need to read the directions each time. It might just be that I'm better at reading patterns than charts; I'm definitely a verbal rather than a visual learner. Or it might be that I am just slow. The latter is probable. That's good to know though, because my secret and selfish motivation for making this cap is that someday I want to make Rogue, and I think this is probably a good way of familiarizing myself with Jenna's lovely and complex cable work.
Here's a closeup of what in my head are the pretzel-y bits of the cable; I'm sure there's an official cable name for them, but I think pretzel will do:
I'm using Rowan's Calmer in Peacock, by the way, and I am here to tell you that Calmer is all it's cracked up to be (Newsflash! Knitblogger loves calmer! Alert the mainstream media!). It is soft and stretchy and yummy, and I am all the sadder now that I am too poor at the moment to make NBaT. Perhaps when I am employed. (I blame my dissertation for my poverty, by the way--I just spent $50 at wretched Office Depot on binders and tabs and printer paper to make copies of my diss for all my committee members, and I just found out that I have to pay wretched UT $108 in "filing fees" to get my dissertation formally accepted. Bastards. Don't they know how much Calmer $158 would buy?)
posted by Ashley at 8:50 PM
5 Comments:
Oooooh, the pretzel pattern is so scary-exhilirating-hard looking (to me, new knitter) but so pretty and fancy and I bet she just loves it! And your stitches are so even in tension.
Cables are simply the best. I LOVE cables. LOVE them.
Yes, George Bear is totally Shriner material!!!
It's a beautiful stitch pattern and you are doing an incredible job. WOW.
Pretty, pretty pretzel-y bits! (I too am dying to make Rogue; perhaps I will try the pretzel-y cable bits as practice.)
Bailey didn't want to model?
Doesn't moving the post its after every row drive you crazy? It would me. My solution to long confusing charts is to take a couple of highlighters and highlight every other row or so. That way I can follow the pink all the way across and not go cross-eyed trying to keep up with the pattern.
More Bailey pics, please :)
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