we spent the whole weekend obsessing over the thing, calling catherine the great for her knitting advice and expertise, and experimented:
there was the mutidirectional pattern:
the interweave knits flowerbasket shawl:
fooled around with domino knitting (particularly keen on something like the diamonds in the vogue knitting top) and got nowhere in a hurry...what we were really looking for is something mindless to knit that won't need a pattern to carry around, just the yarn and needles.
so the winner is a simple rib pattern - methinks it's called a mistake rib, 'cause you kinda cheat by k1, p1 on one side, then knit the other side, which gives an almost moss stitch on one side, rib on the other. photos when it's decent - still a little tiny and nekkid on the needles at the moment. the yarn is amazing stuff to knit with though - it's so luscious to the touch.
just a last minute reminder if you're planning on entering - entries for the melbourne scarf festival close this friday the 3rd of june. here's our entry:
it's vintage silk kimono fabric knitted with vintage silk, debbie new "scribble lace" style - and it's come out super lush and scribbly. it feels amazing as a scarf, and very akira as a more wrap type thing.
danke for miri for pointing us in the direction of clare tough - we thought she was catherine tough, but maybe they're sisters? damn crafty family if that's the case...
over the weekend after a mini knitogether and coffee with a bunch of knitbloggers and their friends (we feel obligated here: allison, clementine, jacqueline, nichola and suzette), we scored the most luscious hand dyed kid mohair from martas' yarns. we're trying to find something that's worthy. it's not often that we think scarf, but we're mighty tempted by three in particular:
the entrelac scarf (a mini take on the scarf style lady eleanor), the domino knitted scarf, and the super easy and probably the best way out with only 170 grams of fine yarn: the multidirectional scarf. hmm.
di from clementine's shoes mentioned a klee scarf kit, and we were instantly suckered into the idea. problem is, we had far different expectations to what the reality was. what we wanted to see was a kit for a awesomely hued squares scarf kit which wouldn't roll, or the rolling thing was a feature. one to come up with...
we were lucky to pay theoretic gal a visit last night (truly a wonderful hostess, thanks so much for all your help...), to have a freshly delivered loop d loop book from teva durham to check out. teva gives nothing but the highest quality knitting porn. really beautifully photographed inventive knitting that had as all wanting to make something.
view the photos from the book, and check out what the bloggers are saying:
typepad, blogspot.
who's up for the opening show this thursday night 6-8pm?
ms love, creator of the big knit, is showing her ongoing knitted sculpture at westspace.
craftculture has more on the big knit and knitting.
it's been a tad quiet on the gusset front - we've just got a new computing machine - and the sad thing is, it's taking us so long to get sorted and used to using it, that yep, we're typing this on the ol' 2000 beast. anyway, looking forward to being well and truly sorted and back on top of things soon. in the meantime, part of getting sorted includes a lot of finishing work on the crazy skirt. it's a bit further along than the below, but there's the waistband happening (we're thinking about swapping over to something a little stronger, thanks to seeing kat's crochet waistband of the crochet skirt from IK).
there's some help in the form of claire's pear:
