Adventures of a Desi KnitterAn academic juggles knitting, sewing, and other crafts in Kolkata

A Cosy Fit

§ February 20th, 2006 § Filed under Simpler stuff § 6 Comments

Just returned from a trip to the west coast for a conference. Much merriment with old, not so old and new friends. I had a blast. Now it’s back to the daily grind. But, some knitting news and some excitement. First, Sepoy had requested his Ipod cosy and I started work on it before leaving so I could give it to him at this conference. I started using Grumperina’s pattern, with some modifications:

I adapted the straight pattern to a joint circular cast-on, like toe-up socks.

Then I knit it in the round on DPNs.. and when the time came to divide for the screen and wheel, I knit back and forth. It’s the first time I’ve ever knit purl rows at length on DPNs. Not the best thing, but not that bad. Anyway, I had to frog the whole thing.

Despite my gauge being correct and all, for some reason it turned out to be waaay bigger than needed. I didn’t have an Ipod and I took it to the coffee house next door where Mike, the coffeewala has an Ipod. My cosy was large enough to fit a whole Ipod family.
So I bought a coffee and frogged the damn thing, cursing.

And soooo, after much encouragement over the weekend from some Ipod veterans, I finally decided to take the plunge (all to have something to measure my knitting with, of course!). Am both attracted and repelled by the seduction of new technology (and my inability to comprehend it). But now at least, the cosy shall fit.

Now for something totally different. I took this photo from 35000 feet in the air. Is this Lake Tahoe? It was taken about 30 minutes or so before landing into the Bay Area, and seems about right. It looked beautiful from that distance.