Glimpses of afterlives
Wow, thank you all for the responses to my blog poll! The crimson won out with 66 % of the votes, out of a total of 38. I am looking longingly (one last time?) at the forest green, but also looking long and hard and very meaningfully at the crimson! I like Opal’s suggestion that I could overdye it later, but let’s see. Quill, you were right that the green was being made into the BPT cabled cardigan from Knitty, but I am so bored with that project! Plus my cables were getting all puckered up at the increases and I was generally dissatisfied with it. Even if I don’t end up Ogee-ing it, it is not going to be BPT-ed any longer, alas.
Recently I got a couple of photos in my inbox, representing afterlives of my knitting adventures here. One is from the lovely Mary, who is the first one to make my Rangoli Hat! I am so excited! Thank you so much Mary for braving the pattern, and for turning out this absolutely gorgeous hat:
She didn’t block it over a plate because she likes this billowy look to it, which doesn’t give her hat hair! Mary it looks great on you! I love the flat picture of it in the sun, too.
(Now, if only the recipient of the original green piece I made would take a picture for this blog….)
The second picture is of my dear friend Madhavi, who is unfortunately braving mountains of snow and bitter cold in the northeast after years of living in friendlier climes. Many years ago in hostel she once persuaded me to design a nose-warmer for her (she hates the cold more than I do, which is something). I think I had crocheted one, but I am sure she never wore it. I wonder why, it even had strings to go over the ears! But as a mark of my sympathy for her freezing bones I sent her my Turkish balaclava hat. Here she is, totally wrapped up and surrounded by snow, but warm and smiling! Medu, stay warm!
Great hats! Hrm.. I don’t think it was me that suggested the overdyeing. I tend to steer clear of dyeing. It’s so fussy!
very nice hats!! i’m glad the crimson won!
Hey, thanks for alerting me to the provisional cast on! I didn’t read the pattern from start to finish … so always thinking there must be a reason for casting on that way. Turns out you are right … the pattern called for crochet cast on, but not provisional. I didn’t want to frog … so I just undid the crochet chain and put the stitches on needles and bind off with the main yarn. Save me some time from frogging and knitting again. It looks alright to me … will blog about that later. So, thanks for the heads-up.
The balaclava looks lovely and toasty, which is of course the point. And the hat came out so well! If it truly doesn’t give hat head, I’m going to have to try that for next winter in Toronto. Yay.
Oh, and I would have voted for the green had I not been relying on an unreliable internet place. The cable pattern knits up so well in it… despite the variegation, the cables still stand out. Not that the crimson is bad, but…