New Knitting Moves
Posted by KTC on 13 January, 2008
In order to put more flair in the “Mean Green” Scarf, I’m teaching myself some new knitting moves.
Don’t you dare laugh at me. 
I’m learning how to Yarn Over. Which is odd because I most probably won’t use it for the scarf. Still, I need the working to get my creative juices flowing regarding the scarf.
I know it’s not much by some standards but, to me, this is practically Rocket Science. I’m still at a level where SSK and YO are speaking to me in a rapid staccato my untrained mind cannot as of yet fully decipher. Sure, some of the terms are familiar and, if I really focus, I can make out a bit of it based on the common rootwords involved but it’s really like someone dropping me in the middle of ancient Rome with only a rudimentary understanding of Quebecois French as my linguistic guide.
If you could only see how I study languages…
Still, I’ve got the new ball of “practice yarn” out and I’m determined. This ball (The Artist formerly known as “The scarf for my paternal parental”) will become a bag. That much is for certain. I’ve got my 29″ circulars out for just the purpose and I’m pretty much going to go in a circle making mistakes until I get it right. I guess I’ll have to learn Crochet for sure to make the bottom given how big this thing is likely to be. I figure if my melon head needs 80CO stitches for a well fitted hat then this bag should be at least 140CO to make a good sized shoulder bag. It’s acrylic, so it’s not like it’s going to shrink in the wash or anything.
Hopefully, by the time I get to “the top”, I’ll have learned how to make button holes or something. I’d like for this to be a “drawstring” bag if I can make it.
Nah, wrong language.
It will be one because I will make it.
