trompe l'oeil
Here are those odds and ends I was telling you about:
Seed stitch knitting with contrasting colors in every row gives the woven look, which I love. Knitting in the long direction gives one something to do with all of those ends, namely fringe.
Now I'm not big on fringe in general. I suspected that Kureyon fringe would not wear too well, so after knotting at the base of the fabric, I braided it and knotted it again.
The only thing that had begun to constrain my Kureyon addiction was the partial balls. Now that I have a reasonable solution for the loose ends, I have no mechanism for restraint.
Specs
- 175 g Noro Kureyon
- US5 Addi Turbos
- crocheted cast on 291 stitches (odd)
- 59 rows total (x times 3, where x is odd)
- gauges
- before bath: 4.2 st per inch
- after bath: 3.9 st per inch
- after bath: 11.2 rows per inch
- Fringe length: alternately 6.5 and 5.5 inches (could add one inch)
- dimensions excluding fringe: 74 by 5.25 inches
are you sure that's not woven? you wouldn't tell the world one thing to giggle as they can't repeat it, would you? i mean, you're a scientist. you are supposed to make sure all your spearmints can be repeated. but...
are you an eeeeevil scientist?
Posted by: ihatetoast | 23 April 2008 at 02:18
It's gorgeous! When I first saw the picture, I thought you bought a loom.
Posted by: The Feminist Mafia | 17 April 2008 at 09:58
Lovely!
Posted by: Emily L | 12 April 2008 at 17:47
Gorgeous, but that seed stitch...
Posted by: Claudia Dunitz | 11 April 2008 at 12:46
It's gorgeous! But... um... isn't 59 prime?
Posted by: Lucia | 09 April 2008 at 16:58
Wow! It's really amazing - I've never seen knitting turn out like that!
Posted by: Tina | 08 April 2008 at 15:35
It looks woven. Amazing. If it weren't absolutely impossible for me to wear a woolen scarf, I might start trying to play on your legendary generosity! Brava!
Posted by: mishka | 08 April 2008 at 07:01
It is gorgeous! I can't imagine that much seed stitch, but the end results are amazing.
Posted by: Dorothy | 07 April 2008 at 18:52
Gorgeous!
Posted by: Jenn C. | 06 April 2008 at 22:19
Stunning. I love it.
Posted by: Bethe | 06 April 2008 at 18:03
Wow -- this is stunning!
Posted by: Danielle | 06 April 2008 at 10:44
I absolutely love that scarf! Now I'll just have to go and buy Noro for quite a few projects so that I will acquire the needed left-overs for this.
Posted by: zeska | 06 April 2008 at 03:03
I love this very much.
Posted by: Rebecca H. | 05 April 2008 at 19:24
That *is* fabulous - the texture is superb, nice work!
Posted by: heather | 05 April 2008 at 18:50
Supernice. Your technique opens the door to so many possibilities -- seed-stitch magic. (Poss. book title?)
Posted by: Luise | 05 April 2008 at 18:44
I'm off to dig up my extra Noro. I love this technique!
Posted by: brenda | 05 April 2008 at 17:31
I love it!
Posted by: Hannah | 05 April 2008 at 16:14
No mechanism for restraint? Ha. Good one.
Posted by: Dave | 05 April 2008 at 15:28