Knitting navel gazing

[neadods]

Part of my problem is that I'm a process knitter - I'm not half as interested in having the finished end product as I am in having something to knit. And having chosen afghans, it's too easy to decide that I want to do something else with the yarn before I've gone too far because they're such big projects. (Yes, I am about to rip out the thing I've knitted on for 2 months. I'm only in the third block anyway.)

With the trip to ChicagoTARDIS coming up and the trip to England after that, the important thing is to have a project that can be knit in close quarters (read: airline seat), doesn't require anything that TSA might confiscate, isn't boring (because plane rides are boring enough already) but also isn't too complex (because I want to put my hands on autopilot instead of staring at Lis Sladen and dedicating any of my brain to going "knit, knit, purl, no, don't yarnover.")

I *think* I have it. We'll see. I haven't decided if I'm going to call it "Time Flies" or "The Amazing 1-Row Traveling Afghan." IF it works - that's a rather big if, I'm still working out this whole designer thing - it will essentially be nine scarves stitched together, with a border added if I have enough yarn. Each strip is done in a reversible, one-row stitch, and it will create a symmetrical pattern.

If it works, pictures and instructions will be posted here (and, if I can get .pdf capability, Ravelry). As two of the strips will be the Yarn Harlot Handspun Scarf (love that stitch), I have to give it away.

Comments

PDF Capability?

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

There's freebies like CutePDF that will give that to you.

Barring that, lemme know. I can PDFify it for you.

Oh, and Hi!

[melusinehr.livejournal.com]

This is exactly why I've taken up sock knitting--aside from the heel and toe (which are pretty basic the way I work them), everything else is just round and round, which is perfect for sitting in the theatre listening to sound cues. Plus, I really only wear so many scarves, but I wear socks every day.

(Okay, the pair I'm working on now has a 20-row lace pattern, but only because I wanted a challenge, and it's really not a very difficult pattern.)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I really only wear so many scarves

Yes, but 9 scarves = 1 blanket, with some sewing together. And I like blankets.

[melusinehr.livejournal.com]

My cat eats knitted things if I leave them out, so I never consider blankets. Now I am jealous.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Mine claw the knitting and one eats the needles, so blankets must be sturdy but are safe.

[jennetj.livejournal.com]

My England knitting was yet another pair of wrist warmers and a scarf out of Sari yarn. I love the wrist-warmers as quick, virtually mindless knitting, and this scarf pattern is 4 rows of garter stitch with one row of twisted dropped stitches - almost as mindless, but very cool looking. I did a LOT of knitting on various trains and planes

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I knit so much watching TV that I realized last time I saw a play I felt mildly uncomfortable without my needles!

[cozit.livejournal.com]

*g* That's when I do my charity stuff... If I want to play with worsted, it's the "Warm-up America" blocks... if I want to take less bulk, it's preemie caps (you get a *lot* of hats out of one (even partial) skein of baby yarn).

Then I usually use circulars on planes, to keep them from bugging neighbors (and help keep anything larger I end up taking with me more contained as well).

One of the *good* things about being a process and fidgitter knitter... shifting to different stuff for a trip isn't so bad.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

the "Warm-up America" blocks

Now *there's* a point, especially as 7 different stitches can be picked to break up the knitting.