| Monday, June 07, 2004 |
Knitting a Bit
Since I proudly shared about the Red Cross "Knit Your Bit" commemorative knit kit, I am breaking down and showing you my knitting. I can't promise many posts about knitting or crocheting. I do them for fun, to relax, and/or to create the occasional baby shower gift (crocheted, not knitted) and don't get overly complicated in my projects or yarn. I just like the way knitting feels...and sounds (click, scrape, click, scrape). Unlike some of my other pursuits--I don't consider either to be "my art." And good thing because as you can see, I knit with my feet...how else would you explain this...thing? 
Actually, what I am showcasing is my practice knitting. Sad, I know, but at least the color pattern looks kind of cool. Although, the zip-zag probably accentuates the fact that it is getting wide the longer I knit it. See, I have been crocheting since I was a wee person--both my grandmas and my mom crocheted. A few years ago I taught myself (well, sort of) to knit but wasn't terrific at it. To try and improve my skills, I recently started a practice...uh...piece. The idea is to just keep knitting this long rectangle out of leftover yarn (or maybe it's a baby blanket for a very skinny baby), practicing stitches and working for consistency and learning to recognize where I left off. Besides the variances in stitches causing the width to ebb and flow, I actually have another problem I can't figure out with my knitting. As you'll see in the close-up below, I end up with large loose stitches (loops) at the end of some rows. It doesn't occur when I do the garter stitch, so it must have something to do with alternating my rows of knitting and purling, but what? 
[NOTE: The little silver dot, by the way, is a pin I used to stick the knitting to the board. Otherwise, my edges curl quite a bit too.] All this talk about knitting reminds me of a great little piece of dialogue from the Monkees' episode (pauses to pull out the Monkees' DVD), entitled: "Art, for Monkees' Sake," in which Peter is duped by a couple of art thieving guards into copying a museum painting . His first attempt at recreating the masterpiece includes an interpretation of Mike Nesmith's signature green, wool hat. The following exchange, which always gives me a smile, occurs in an almost poetic rhythm: Museum Guard: What's with the hat? It's not needed.Useless Trivia: The episode includes a silent, performance art cameo by Liberace. But I digress. Anyway, I do enjoy visiting other people's (knitting) blogs and seeing their projects--especially the edgy ones, so I thought it was only fair to share back. At least I can boost their self-esteem. [ ] |
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