Instead of writing blog posts – I
have been knitting in front of old detective programmes. A few years ago I saw a fabric quilt by Kaffe
Fassett made out of shirt material – and thought “I could knit that”. I know that he would appreciate me using that
idea and knitting something instead. In
fact he has probably done it. Anyway I
had a lot of golf ball sized balls of blue yarn
- left over from knitting tea cosies.
They are too large to throw away – but too small to do much with. I collected them all together in a bag with
some larger balls of blue, cream and white.
At the beginning of 2020 – I
tidied up and I put the bag inside a suitcase and promptly forgot about it –
otherwise I may have knitted this throw last year. A month or so ago – I opened the suitcase and
found the bag and decided that it was time I knitted this yarn into the throw
that I had imagined when I collected it together.
When I started knitting – I
changed my mind. I had originally
intended to knit full-squares that need a seam to complete them or squares of
different sizes to accommodate the small balls of yarn – but instead I decided
on simple modular squares which are all the same size (30 + 1 + 30 = 61
stitches). There are 8 different
combinations of stripes and so far no square is the same.
I have taken some photos of some
of the squares that I have knitted. I am
now on what I think may be the last column of squares. When I have done the last 8 squares – I will
spread it out and see whether the throw needs another column. When I
have knitted all the squares – I will add a simple border. This is a really easy design. It has no sewing up – although I will have
quite a few ends to darn in and it will have taken about a fortnight to
knit. I can then get back to knitting
the central section of the shawl that I have been working on. I have got half-way with a diamond lace
pattern but it is very boring and requires more concentration that I am
prepared to give it at the moment.
