2016-01-05

Originally designed after seeing this image from nayllij in September 2015:

https://flic.kr/p/zCAvhT

I sketched this out the next day as the square thumbnail made the dress look like a hat with curved colourwork.

Previously I had seen the new/old stranduing technique that is part double-knitting, and bam, pow, idea!

http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/stranded/3063868/1-25#15

Soon after Jill’s photo, I saw this pattern in Knitty, October 2015:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pierrot-7

Pow! Refined idea!

Then I spun yarn that ended up being three coordinated colours. Shazam!

2016-01-06

I cannot wing this! I need to chart it out. But I have figured out all but anchoring the first stitch for the dk stranding.

2016-01-06

Read how to start the purled stitches, d’oh, then they’d be anchored… sigh Start three ahoy!

2016-01-09

okay, now we’re trucking! have the purl stitches anchored, and am moving through my chart.

2016-01-16

Yeah, I’ll have to rechart this eventually but it’s so much fun to knit and the results are pretty neat. Squishy and should be super warm. My tension seems a little loose on the dk floats, maybe?

2016-01-27

ran out of pink, was too tall and too stiff and too many mistakes so I tore it out to the ribbing and we’ll start over! or rather I will start over. making a new shorter chart with a steeper swoosh and more awareness of how to do circles.

2016-02-22

Got so far, realized I have to rechart it entirely to make it make sense. And that my scrawls are too vague to make a good chart.

So…back again.

2016-04-05

Tinked back and started over with the new chart. Much better. Mistakes were still made but so it goes.

The yarn feels huge and very fuzzy compared to the scarf I just finished! But so lovely to knit.

2016-04-09

I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve ripped this back. Decided to duplicate stitch over a couple of places.

Reworked the chart, bought glow tape, and it’s going much faster now. And it looks good. :)

2016-04-09

Augh. When I blew up the chart, some of the bits were too faint.

Maybe the sixth’s time is the charm…

sob

2016-04-10

Ripped it back to the ribbing again. It’s a fast knit (ha) but I’m not sure it’s going to work out. Selina and Joshua both think at least one dot should be 3d.

2016-04-14

And so it goes, onward again! The good news is it’s going very quickly this time. Turns out it takes me a few runs before I read even my own instructions.

2016-04-17

So, clearly need to indicate when a new swoop or dot will start on a line so I don’t forget the little buggers.

Meanwhile, this is knitting up much faster the sixth time…

2016-05-08

Finished knitting it on April 20th.

Finished sewing in the ends and washing it tonight. Whee!

Going to join the guild to enter the hat, I think.