The Third Square
Kismet. Pink against pink.
Sun and shadows on a square.
Closeup of the center. Interesting how knitting the same shape over and over can yield subtle differences in the width of stripes or the depth of the inner corner. Some of it is due, probably, to small disparities in the way the Tahki mercerized cotton takes up the dye: some skeins being stiffer, some softer than others.
Some is due to me losing count of the rows, or to my effort to teach myself to strand with the left hand in what I think is called Continental style. I'm a thrower, and being competitive, am trying to teach myself to purl the European way before my next yoga training. I'm still remembering the colleague who marveled at how slowly I knit, but that I just don't give up. I had the teacher at my local yarn shop give me a quick explanation. I then turned to the wonder of the Internet, and found a great tutorial with video. I'll link it if I can track back to where I found it.
Much trickier to execute than it appears in the video. My biggest challenge is keeping the strand over my index finger taut enough that I can easily whip it around the needle, and then pull the stitch through. And how do I execute a SSK or a K2tog with the yarn in my left hand? The discrepancy in the stripes? Probably all the places where I gave in, mid-row, to my comfort with returning to the cumbersome method of throwing the yarn with my right hand. And is this why my right palm feels a bit sore today? Feel free to send advice my way, especially if you've managed to reteach yourself an old skill.
And regrets over the death of David Halberstam to note. My dad went to grade school with his older brother.
Sun and shadows on a square.
Closeup of the center. Interesting how knitting the same shape over and over can yield subtle differences in the width of stripes or the depth of the inner corner. Some of it is due, probably, to small disparities in the way the Tahki mercerized cotton takes up the dye: some skeins being stiffer, some softer than others.
Some is due to me losing count of the rows, or to my effort to teach myself to strand with the left hand in what I think is called Continental style. I'm a thrower, and being competitive, am trying to teach myself to purl the European way before my next yoga training. I'm still remembering the colleague who marveled at how slowly I knit, but that I just don't give up. I had the teacher at my local yarn shop give me a quick explanation. I then turned to the wonder of the Internet, and found a great tutorial with video. I'll link it if I can track back to where I found it.
Much trickier to execute than it appears in the video. My biggest challenge is keeping the strand over my index finger taut enough that I can easily whip it around the needle, and then pull the stitch through. And how do I execute a SSK or a K2tog with the yarn in my left hand? The discrepancy in the stripes? Probably all the places where I gave in, mid-row, to my comfort with returning to the cumbersome method of throwing the yarn with my right hand. And is this why my right palm feels a bit sore today? Feel free to send advice my way, especially if you've managed to reteach yourself an old skill.
And regrets over the death of David Halberstam to note. My dad went to grade school with his older brother.
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