Off the needles!

Off the needles!
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

One down, umpteen million to go...

No one home?

No one seems to be posting, so I thought maybe I should start my own blog, Everybody wants a rock... ...to wind a piece of string around. I've also got a flickr account that is pretty much all yarn (at least the public part). Or just post a note on PhinisheD OT that things are ramping up here.

Continuing apace

Continuing apace
Originally uploaded by thomasina.

I am so excited to see this taking shape -- the cables are really fun to do.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

10,000 Words!

I've finally posted my photos to flickr -- current incarnation of the DNA scarf.

Here's a photo of when it was a wee baby scarf, back on Valentine's day.

The poor abandoned fingerless mitten is here. It got a bunch of work done one it at the beginning of the scarf, before I got into the rhythm of the cabling.

Roma, how is the shawl coming? I don't think I could bear to frog an entire shawl -- you are very brave. Pseudo, any photos (or at least descriptions) of the scarf? Anyone else knitting?

Tectonics scarf!

A big welcome to Pseudotachylite! In more geologic news, the charts for the tectonics scarf are now online, here and here. Even better, R. has charted more geologic ages than she used in her scarf, so if we chose different times we can still have unique scarves. I am really wanting to do these in a rich, rust-orange brown and deep medium blue, with the continents purled instead of knitted to stand out a bit more.

Also, R. shared with me how she did the charts: imported tectonics charts off the web into adobe illustrator, changed to two contrasting colors, and then pixelated the result to get the charts (the ones online have been converted to jpeg, which is why they are slightly wonky). This seems like a great way to make charts in general -- though these are not among my current AI skills, I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to figure out.

DNA scarf first impressions

Someday I will find my camera cable and I will post some pictures! I've done 1.5 reps, and it is exciting to watch it take shape.

I started the DNA scarf on circular needles, and then discovered that I hate knitting on circulars for such small needles. I like to hold my needles at about a 120 degree angle, and the cable just jerked the needles around too much for me. So I'm doing it on straight needles now. All of the pictures of the DNA scarf in progress online have been on circular needles, so I must be a Luddite or something.

The yarn is a bit thinner than I would like. Even though it is a close match for the yarn in the original scarf (weight vs. length), it is ending up a bit "lacy." I would rather have a bit bulkier yarn that didn't show any holes. I think it would be a bit easier for me to knit, too, since the stitches are loose and keep wanting to twist on the needles. I will be curious to see, though, whether washing and blocking at the end will make the finished product more like the oringinal scarf.

My mini-cables on the side are backwards, but as long as I am consistant I don't think it matters!

I really want the scarf in green - I was afraid the cables wouldn't show up well, but this one in green makes me want to go for it. The one I'm working on now will be a gift -- since it is for someone a little over 5 feet, I will likely only do four repeats instead of five (ah, laziness!).