Knitter's Block (or I'm a Blockhead)
Pick whichever title you find the most annoyingly cute.First, a finished object!
This hat is based on my friend Kati's cat Ridgeway (who I renamed Oprah for some reason). Everyone say 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaw!' Anyway, I made her a basic Kittyville hat with my standard variations (selvage stitch on the ear flaps and 2nd color triangles). She loved it and asked for another, to look like the kitty.
This was a challenge. Intarsia in the round. It CAN be done. It's just a pain in the ass. And I'll be doing it a whole lot for my braided cables sweater. Which I will start any day now. Really. BUT, this gave me an idea of how to do it, and now that I've worked through the foibles, I have confidence that I can do the intarsia cables, well, perhaps not with a smile and a laugh, but I can do them.
It is a cute hat.
My stitch count was off with the white, which is why one side of the band is larger than the other. Also, I made the seed stitch band 1/2" shorter than the pattern because I realized how freakishly huge and un-triangle like that shape would become. But then, I'm not getting paid for this, like I originally thought I was, so it evens out.
NOW, onto the blocking.
I have to admit it. I have knitter's block. I hate blocking, I hate sewing, seaming, and all of those other finishing things. I love the finished object, I hate the finishing. Basically, I turn into Fred.
Life is too tiring. Can you do it for me? Please? I am so cute and I have such big eyes?
So, imagine my surprise when I found this:
Confused? Maybe this will help...
Yes, I blocked the Bucket-O-Chics. (And started a third, but that's another story)
And then I blocked Erica's Scarf.
Woot! It's pretty and soft and close to too short, but oh well. Also, I'm much happier with the k1p1 rib. Compare and contrast:
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I've been seaming up Mom's forsythia shirt, but the sleeves seem to be too long and one is much longer than the other. So, I'm confused there.
So, there you go. Gratuitous dog pictures, 3 finished objects, and lots of fun. What more could you want? What's that? A knitted version of genitalia? Sure! Here you go!
Happy knitting, kiddos.
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