October 28, 2009
Invisible is the New Black
While I sincerely considered everyone’s suggestions about what to do with the stubborn segment of unbendable yarn, ultimately I resorted to Plan D: Grab your needles, close your eyes, and plow right on through that section of yarn, saying all the while, “La, la, la; I can’t seeeeeeee youuuuuuu!” And sure enough, when you inspect the fabric afterwards, you can’t see it—because you were overly worked up about it to begin with and just had to put on your big-girl pants and stop dithering. This applies to many of life’s problems, I’m thinking.
So the scarf is finished and I couldn’t be happier with it for what it is: simple,
drape-y, colorful, born to go with blue jeans, born to be a pick-me-up on the blusteriest of fall days. "Puck’s Mischief" is a remarkable colourway which, I discovered today, compels both muggles and knitters alike to paw at the scarf. The colors can best be described as being “lime” throughout: lime green, lime pink, lime purple, lime orange—edgy and acidic. What makes it all work and not leave you clawing at your eyes in pain is the one ply of black. Which, oddly, disappears. Look:
The original yarn...
The scarf...
And a rare photo of your Blog Mistress actually wearing something she knit...
P.S. It's postings like this that keep me reading blogs. I howled!
Posted by Ryan at October 28, 2009 07:20 PMI heart. Now I go read.
Posted by: Carrie on October 28, 2009 08:09 PMLove love love the scarf -- that is a fabulous limey color.
Posted by: chris on October 29, 2009 05:25 AMGorgeously impressionist, verging on pointilism. No wonder people want to touch it... it looks velvety. Good job!
Posted by: Sheila on October 29, 2009 07:44 AMWell, I howled at "...lime green, lime pink, lime purple, lime orange..." So there. btw, the scarf is everything you said -- colorful, cheerful, lovely!
Posted by: kmkat on October 29, 2009 09:46 AMIt looks great on you, and you are looking pretty good!
Posted by: Seanna Lea on October 29, 2009 02:09 PMLove the scarf (did you dye the yarn yourself???), love the invisible philosophy. I'm currently attempting to ignore snarky comments made on Facebook by a relative by marriage. Poof I wave my magic wand, they no longer exist in my universe (which of course is why I've hidden their Facebook feeds and their mother's and their brother's and their sister's...). Wish it were as easy to make them invisible and inaudible in real life.
I ignored some unbendable yarn myself this week and actually found that it did bend once it was moistened a bit (it was sock yarn that was part nylon).
Stephanie McPhee said somewhere that we shouldn't scrutinize our knitting too carefully. What I've found is that a lot of stuff simply looks better, more even, etc. after it's washed and dried. Until then unless it's a real mistake (like a dropped stitch, a stitch that missed a row, or a twisted stitch) too much scrutiny is just going to make us seek for an unattainable perfection. Of course I'm always tinking back in search of that, but I know I shouldn't. I guess that's where invisibility comes in.
Liz
Posted by: Liz on October 31, 2009 10:11 AM