short row serenade

Short Row Serenade

After months of crochet on the as-yet-still-unfinished ripple blanket,

I've picked up the knitting needles again to work on this Calorimetry

as a birthday pressie for a friend. The yarn is Wendy Fusion which

I've used before in the red and orange colourway. This time Clare had

spare balls of the purple which she kindly distributed amongst the

Foyles knitters.

The Calorimetry pattern is worked in short rows which I've realised is

one of my favourite knitting techniques - there's something rather

magical, I think, in the way straight lines can become three

dimensional, just by leaving behind stitches. One of the most

satisfying projects I've knitted was the A Capella cape, which is all

short rows.

[photo: Leo Bleicher, via Knitty]

Although the picture of the project didn't sing for me, I saw it

knitted up and it's wonderful. My Mum is devoted to her purple one and

wears it most days during the winter.

I have my eyes on another promising short row project, the Lizard

Ridge Throw, also on Knitty.

[photo: Laura Aylor, via Knitty]

Its so gorgeous I can hardly contain myself! Sadly I have exactly one

ball of Kureyon in my possession and am without the financial means to

acquire the enormous pile the project requires. Oh well, I can always