Jon's Knit Blog

I'll Show You Mine...

I figured I should show you what's inside the box. And I ate one, so now it's not quite like that. (FYI: Leonidas is on Madison between 51nd and 52nd. At least, the location I went to is...)

I'm also going to show you my backside:

See how much nicer it is after a few hours of sewing? Too bad I only got through maybe a third of the ends I have so far. But there are three huge advantages to getting the wrong side done as well.

1: It's easier to manage without all the dangly yarn
2: It'll be something closer to immediate gratification at the end
and
3: The squares actually look better on the front side when the yarn on the back side is neat and clean. I don't quite understand it myself, but I was not the only one to notice this today. (I did the work at KNY.)

I have two more shots of the front, just to show you what's going on, and because I really love showing this off and also because I especially love my camera.

I'm really please with the progress I'm making as far as my intarsia skills are concerned. I'm sure you can see how much better it looks now than it did in the swatch. I just feel like my fingers are starting to really get where each piece of yarn is supposed to be and how much tension is supposed to happen at each join. It's pretty cool.

I'm probably going to go back to Knit NY tomorrow to work on this some more. It's a lot easier there than at my apartment. Largely because they have tables. And maybe some nice people will show up with Cadbury Creme Eggs? (Hint: I'll probably get there after 3:00pm) And because it's fun to watch people be amazed and astonished when they see this:

Mmm! I forgot to tell you. Last night, just before I fell asleep, I renamed the blankie. It is now, henceforth and evermore to be referred to as the Rosetta Blankie. Partly due to the fact that the baby's middle name will be Rose. And partly since the Indy Blankie of Doom theme relates rather well to the Archological Gem that is the Rosetta Stone. And the Rosetta Stone has been plundered and is now, like the babe for whom I am currently knitting, in London. So Rosetta Blankie it is.

Posted by Jon at March 24, 2005 01:13 AM