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Deep, hot water Five shades of Wendy Merino 4 ply and 3mm knitting needles  - a story of unravelling disintegration.
What started as an experiment in adding texture to knitting nearly ended in plagiarism.

I wanted a way to add pleats or folds. Slip stitches that pulled up the starting row seemed the way to go. It was intended to look like rolling waves and it worked.

After writing up the pattern I came across a video on YouTube for rolling pleats. It's for a stitch pattern published in the May 2008 issue of Simply knitting and yes, it was almost the same as mine. So it was back to the drawing board.

One thing you might not know about me is that I listen to The Cure while I work. It's appropriate that I found my inspiration while listening to Disintegration.

I stripped it back to the bare stitches. What's the point of slipping stitches on every row when you don't need them? Got rid of them and bring them back when you actually want to work them.

The result was a crisper, sharper fold and much easier to write up. It's original and now I'm not in The Same Deep Water as Robert Smith.

Posted by Baban Cat at 19:23 1 comment: Labels: knitting, The Cure, wool, yarn

Daisies and forget me nots Posted by Baban Cat at 18:12 No comments: 


Layered flower

The cotton is Rico Essentials with a 3mm hook. Posted by Baban Cat at 16:05 No comments: I've decided to keep a record of my work. You won't see the finished projects just yet but this is my way of remembering colours, yarn and hook size. No matter how many notes and patterns I write it's always an image that sparks my memory.

I love these bright colours from Lion Brand. They are called Bonbons. At just 10g each they're perfect for small projects.

The colour combination was inspired by Design Seeds Posted by Baban Cat at 13:09 2 comments: Labels: colours, crochet, Lion Brand, yarn
