But Can You Knit in a Tarsier?
I don't think so: too small. Too dark in there.
I don't think I would want to knit a tarsier, either. Too goblin-like.
I don't know if I can knit intarsia, that being one of very many knitting techniques I haven't tried yet.
So why am I thinking about this and making bad puns?
It's Mary Thomas's fault. Ever since I read about Festive Knitting (page 111 and fig. 119 of Mary Thomas's Knitting Book), it's been burbling away in the back of my brain as something I had to try in double knitting.
Every so often, I would re-read that section and think I sort of had it, but I was never 100% sure I understood how the colored yarn got back in place, or if I could make it work in double knitting.
Finally the only thing to do was cast on and see if I what I thought I had figured out would actually work in Reality Land.
It works!
The swatch is a little messy, but the technique works!
The purple needles are one size smaller than the red (ouch, clashy clashy, sorry) ones. I could have made the inside layer purled. I just started to neaten up the ends where the color returns to the start of the row.
It's so cool.
(But I still can't knit a tarsier.)
Labels: double knitting, knitting
posted by Alwen | 9:48 AM
6 Comments:
Ooh, very cool! Of course, I can't wrap my brain around double knitting, so I'm doubly impressed by your ability to translate anything into that technique!
You could knit in the Tardis. It's much bigger inside than it appears on the outside.
disclaimer: I'm not a Dr. Who fan, but I've been married to one for 35 years. He infected my kids, too.
Ooh, that makes my brain hurt. ;-)
I've read that bit you're talking about, Mary Thomas on "festive knitting". And seen Meg Swansen do a small bit in her Knitting Gossary DVD (most highly recommended BTW). But in DK -- never!
So, you're slipping some and working some parts backwards?
Intarsia's a piece of cake. It's double knitting that's hard. Once you have that down, you can do anything! You boggle my mind!
I've done the intarsia but not the double knitting. You're taking a medium difficult thing and ratcheting up the challenge!
You have to carry the extra color(s) between the layers, no? I haven't tried it yet, but I might one of these days. (Says she who still has not finished the simple reversible dk hat.)
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