#yarn experiment

Tried experimenting and ended up reinventing very basic techniques that already exist and that I already understood. Shrug.

The bottom triangle was to test out the raglan line increase with Judy’s magic cast on, increases were simple yarnovers done one stitch out from the center line. Turns out Judy’s magic cast on is completely unnecessary if you’re not knitting in the round. So for the top triangle I skipped the magic and just went with a normal cast on, this time yarnover increases at both ends of each side (i.e. along the center line and at the edge). It made the basic shawl shape, which in retrospect should not have been surprising, but was definitely not what I was aiming for.

If it matters, I was wondering if I could use Judy’s magic cast on method to begin the side seam of a sweater knitted on the bias that creates front and back at the same time. Obviously it would only work for one side seam and the opposite side would have to be sewn up like normal, but I overlooked a lot of details when I came up with the idea (in my defense, I was half asleep at the time).

Beginning a new two color brioche project. I guess it’s gonna be a scarf, I wanted to do some two color work and after several false starts I think I’ve finally got it. I do seem to need a cheat sheet (I seem to recall needing one of those for the single color brioche scarf too but that might’ve been for the cabling).

May Dye Pot (a.k.a. Let’s Dye Some Yarn)

http://crochetmaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/May-dye-pot.mp4   Between meetings on Wednesday, I decided to dye some yarn. While standing up after a long period of sitting and fixing my lunch, I selected some colors of unsweetened drink mix purchased especially for this endeavor and put a pot on a stove. The color wasn’t as dark as I wanted so I added some red food coloring. While I worked…