There's a reason I'm a knitter and not a crocheter. Beside the fact that
knitting uses less yarn than crocheting and burns more calories, I just like the
way knitting looks more than the way crocheting looks. However, last weekend I attended a knitting workshop to learn about a specific pattern. The
first row of stitches had to be kept live in order to graft the beginning and end together, so we had to do a provisional
cast-on. I
totally suck at manipulating a crochet hook, and had a hard time coordinating my hook and my
knitting needle. A lot of crocheters say that knitting is hard because you have
to manipulate two needles as opposed to one crochet hook. But using that crochet
hook and getting everything to work out right took the devil's own time. Now
that I know how to use the provisional cast-on, I hope I never have to try it
again. Talk about agita! Talk about mishegas! Talk about mixing two
cultures!
This project is called Shibui Mix. It is Shibui Silk Cloud (60% kid mohair, 40% silk), and is some of the softest stuff I've ever knit with. The colours I've chosen are Ivory, Graphite (which is grey), Suit (which is blue), and Ink (which is black*). In alternating blocks of colour, three strands of Colour A, then two of A and one of B, then two of B and one of A, then three of B, and so on, when it is finished, the two ends are grafted together (the reason for leaving live stitches on the first row and using the accursed provisional cast on) and you've got a loopy scarf for which you didn't have to cast on hundreds and hundreds of stitches (yes, I'm still working on the 1000 cast on lace weight scarf on US size 3 needles; why do you ask?).
When I've got more to show for what I've been doing, I'll post some pictures.
*When dealing with pretentious colour names I always wonder if it should be spelled blacque.
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