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August 17, 2005
Personalizing a pattern
Another Wednesday, another night of knitting in the Elm City.
Newcomer Jenn was working on The Tiles Throw in Continental Blue and Fisherman. The book in the picture is Debbie Macomber's The Shop on Blossom Street, a novel about a knitting group that Karen mentioned previously.
Go Jenn Go!
She learned to knit rather recently and is already tackling an afghan! To make the pattern as simple to follow as possible, she typed up the pattern in a way that suited her best.
As you can see from the pattern, some squares are made by using color "C" for 15 rows, "W" for 12, and "C" for 15. The pattern repeat is 8 rows.
Jenn wrote out the pattern for every row in each square: what color and what row of the Square Pattern was being used that row. This idea can be used in any pattern. Read through the pattern, then jot down some notes or re-type the whole pattern so that it makes sense to you.
Jenn mainly learned how to knit and purl and bind off, etc from various internet sources.
Besides welcoming Jenn (who was new to our knit nights and is new to the Elm City), we also talked about Robyn's 1-week-old puppies, running out of gas on the interstate, Indonesia, and the man staring at us through the window.
Posted by lauren at August 17, 2005 10:20 PM
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We also talked about Robert Wayne Thompson, the Texas man sentenced to crochet blankets as community service for alleged abuse of his daughter. And shaving.
Posted by: Karen at August 17, 2005 11:34 PM
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