October 19, 2004
What Bunnies Do
I doubt if you can figure out what I'm doing from the photo. And I doubt that it's a good idea, but I'm having fun and learning a lot. And enjoying the stranding.
Yes, I'm stranding with Angora. I don't know if it's a good or a bad idea but I'm enjoying it so there. I provisionally cast on 126 stitches, joined, and knit in rounds for 15 rows. Then purled a row, for a turning row, then started a stranded design, in black on the red background. I'm doing the mirror image of the pattern at the other side, then another purl turning row, then the same number of knit rows, and I will graft it closed. It's supposed to be an angora headband to keep my mom's ears warm when she's out in the crisp autumn cool driving her convertible.
Since it's rabbit yarn, and it's to cover her ears, I'm calling this headband "Bunny Ears." For whatever it's worth, which probably isn't all that much. Good thing the yarn was on sale!
(PS: The yarn is really red in real life, not the orange you see here.)