The big stitch Gedifra striped scarf captured my attention as I was adding the book, Gedifra Moments 0210, plus projects from it to our online store. The scarf’s combination of texture and color was too inviting – it had to be knitted. And so I did.
Skimming the instructions to describe it online showed how easy and quick it was. The pattern was only four rows long: purl rows alternating with rows wherein you knit 5 stitches together followed by knitting 5 times into the next stitch. Having already tackled US 50 needles to knit the Big Stitch Cable & Rib Wrap I had no problem wielding US 36 circular needles. I needed the circular needle since the scarf was worked lengthwise. The colors changed every two rows.
The only tricky part was working my needle into the loops of the 5 stitches I needed to knit together. I found that getting the needle’s tip under the loops was sufficient. The rhythmic movements created by the pattern made the rows fly by. A weekend or two nights is probably all that’s needed to complete the scarf.
All this about the scarf brings up memories of reading cookbooks. What does this have to do with the scarf you may ask? Well, I used to read recipes like I now read knitting instructions. As I imagine projects on needles, I imagined ingredients coming together and the taste of the final dish. As I go to bed with a stack on knitting books on the bedside table I remember reading myself to sleep with cookbooks. As a window filled with lusciously colored hanks of hand-dyed yarn prompted me to take up knitting so my husband, then lover, introduced me to cooking by handing me my first cookbook, The Gourmet Cookbook, saying his mother used it. I’m not cooking anymore – just re-heating – having given my heart and time to knitting. But maybe there’s a cookbook out there that delivers gourmet dishes with minimal fuss and little time to prepare just like my scarf. |
