Wildlife Photography

I've been knitting on the Butterflies scarf quite a lot.  I only stopped long enough to eat some turkey with my family, visit a few friends, and cherry-pick one or two holiday cyber-deals.  But now I'm back at it, as shown by this film of me, shot in my native habitat:

As you can see, I knit at a pretty good clip, so I ought to have the sample done before too long.

In addition to that, my intellectual wheels are turning in response to a question from Ginny G., who asks:

I have a stranded colorwork pattern designed to be worked flat. What would I have to do to knit it in the round with steeks, instead?

What a great question; and one we have all asked at one point or another. I'm so intrigued that I got hold of a copy of Ginny's pattern to see what I might do to help.  Stay tuned for my answer next time.

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Five Hundred and Eighty Three

No, this is not a length of yarny intestine.  It's a 60" circular needle, with my Butterflies scarf in progress.  Sexy, no?  

There are 583 stitches in every round.  I'll wait while you consider that. 5.8.3. Possibly the biggest round of knitting I've ever made.  And you know what?  I twisted it when I made the join.  Not that I could tell that until I'd already knit 2 inches of butterflies.  

But of course, this is not the big deal it might seem to be.  I'm going to cut the thing open at the end, so all I have to do is try not to think about it and keep knitting until it's time to make the cut.  

Try not to think about it (there's a twist in my round) while I'm grocery shopping.  Try not to think about it (there's a twist in my round) while I'm picking up the kids.  Try not to think about it (there's a twist in my round) while I'm gold-leafing the Thanksgiving cornucopia.  So far, It's working out great.  I predict this will be the fastest knit of my career, because knowing there's a twist in my round is causing me a fair degree of discomfort, and the only cure will be to get done knitting and cut the sucker.

And in the meantime, I'm stopping often to admire my work.

This is the marriage of pattern and yarn I was looking for, and I'm so glad I pressed on after my first false start.  

Thought for Today:  There are people in my house who actually think they know what it means when I say "As soon as I get to the end of this round..."  Ha ha.