September 13, 2005
Faggotting
Weird. Only in knitting (and if you're talking about a pile of sticks, in some circles) are you "allowed" to use this word.
Because there are things called faggotting in knitting. And they look nice next to cables. See?
The faggotting part is actually rather messed up: I cabled the wrong way the first time I cabled across the faggots, so I just kept doing that. Then in the 3rd pattern repeat (aka tonight, when I was paying more attention to "Little Britain" on BBC America, I reversed the faggotting totally. But we're the only ones who will ever know. To a non-knitter's eye, there's probably nothing wrong with it. And we all know I've already frogged enough in this greenness.
I'm really looking forward to my new A* and J* designs coming in the mail. Would you believe, though, that Visa's fraud prevention bureau called me to verify that the Virtual Yarns charge was really mine? Clearly, my bankers are not knitters. Otherwise they would know the glory of shetland wool. Which is second only to the glory of merino!
Posted by Jon at September 13, 2005 01:21 AMis it tough being the only gay in the knitting village? harhar.
your cables look nice and i can not see any mistakes, even though i knit!
Posted by: uglyagnes at September 13, 2005 07:53 AMDon't forget the British slang for cigarettes... but actually, the needlework technique is spelled "fagoting."
Looks like you're really having fun with the Aran afghan, and that's a delightful cable pattern.
Posted by: Becca at September 13, 2005 10:33 AMThat looks awesome. I love the giant pretzel cable in the middle.
Posted by: Em at September 13, 2005 10:53 AMSo, do tell us... Which AS patterns did you purchase? I can't wait to see them grow on my computer screen.
Posted by: Jonathan at September 14, 2005 02:01 AM