Saturday, August 4, 2007

Ein Klein Knit Magik

Apologies for the lame cultural reference, but do you ever get a post title in your head and nothing else will replace it? What, that's just me? Whatever.

I had one of those magical knitting experiences last night, comparable to the Miracle of Emily's Socks. I wanted a summery, quick project to break up the cabling, cabling, cabling of Willem's sweater, and I'd just finished a pair of socks. Here:
Pattern: Flame Wave Socks by Ann Budd, in Interweave's Favorite Sock Patterns
Yarn: Sandnes Garn Mandarin Petit in Red


I'm so-so on them; they're a little loose at the top and a little tight on the bottom for Emily, but Jacob looooooves them, so I may just make new ones for Emily and be content with that.

Anyway. The magic? I wanted to make a simple summery bag out of dishcloth cotton, and I have a couple of large balls of it from a recent chain-store sale. So I picked needles pretty much at random (size 8 US), and cast on until it seemed about long enough (75 stitches), and started working in linen stitch. I wanted something without much elasticity or looseness to provide a sturdy bottom on the bag. I figured, like with any other variegated yarn, I was taking my chances on the specific color arrangement, and expected a random display. Instead, I got:


How cool is that? The vertical stripes were unplanned, and in fact I don't think I could have done it on purpose.


Sometimes it takes very little to make me happy.

3 comments:

Ambermoggie, a fragrant soul said...

oohh pretty:)

Jennifer said...

Yeah, you definitely can't do something like that on purpose. Even if you swatched, and measured, and chugged the numbers, it still wouldn't come out that awesome!

Unknown said...

Pretty pretty!