Ogee progress
I’m glad you all approve of the move – a lot remains to be done! I panicked when I realised that my photos from the archives had not moved with me, plus there’s much to be done with permalinks and suchlike. But I am hoping to conquer this new world of acronyms and abbreviations (css? php??) with a little help from my friends. I was complaining about my Luddite status in this world of high-tech to a friend of mine and how something like ‘.htaccess’ seemed like English but really wasn’t. She came back with a long rant about academic jargon and how ‘the subject’ in a lot of critical history and literary writing was not what it seemed. Heh. ‘Coding’ took on a whole new meaning as we argued about whether jargon serves more as convenient shorthand or as an aura of scientific authority, and a barrier to outsiders in different academic disciplines.
Anyway. Like I said in my previous post, after my brief but painful encounter with the tech world I took refuge in the yarn and needles and made short work of the Ogee tunic front.
I would have finished this a lot earlier, if I hadn’t had to knit the border twice (used wrong needle and realised that only after six inches, ouch!!) and the middle motif twice (something went wrong with one cable, don’t ask). Still, it’s done, all the numbers and dimensions are behaving themselves so far. Given that the back and sleeves are mostly stockinette bar the border, I should have this done soon. But those, as we all know, are famous last words.
Isn’t the motif gorgeous? It’s a lot like the kurta/kameez yolk yoke (Thanks, Deepa!) motifs in desi clothing. I’m loving this pattern.
