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The Universe Bails Me Out Again

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Sometimes you amble around lost in life (I do this often) not really having any particular direction, not really knowing what you’re going to do next and not really having any idea at all of the content of the next blog post.

And BAM!! The Universe steps in a just hands you something. Something too good not to use. Something great, huge even. And no, I didn’t get a picture, you’ll have to visit here to see what I’m talking about. And then, go here to read the story.

I will, however give you a hint. Human anatomy, in all of it’s greatness and correctness, knitted! Yes, human anatomy, knitted.

Now I know you’ll visit that link just to see it!

And the winner of my Knitting Stuff Giveaway is………

 

Wait a minute, we still have a whole day to go! Leave me a comment, making sure I have your email address. More suspense eh? Tune in tomorrow! Oh, yeah, and have a Great New Year!!

Comments

  2. I am amazed and impressed with the knitted brain!! What a great tactile learning experience!!

    Thanks for sharing!
    Happy New Year!!!

  3. This knitter certainly must have studied anatomy! It is amazing what people can dream on and turn into a craft. You have to check out Indie craft site I was somewhat turned off by this work, but everyone has their thing :)http://indiecrafts.craftgossip.com/2008/12/29/lets-talk-about-the-artist-shall-we/

  4. I saw this brain knitting a short time ago on some other blog and thought “Holy Cow, who does this stuff”? I can hardly knit a square and here is someone who can knit what appears to be a “real” brain. Unbelievable!!! Still, I’d rather have a sweater or mittens or scarf or hat or …. well, you get the idea. Happy New Year to you also. May it be a good year for you and your family and may your power stay on for good now.

Have you read?

A Shawlette with a Ton of Design Options

There’s a lot to like about the Eloise Bandana from Katryn Seeburger. This cute little colorwork triangle can be worked as a bandana or kerchief size or a bigger shawlette. 

It’s worked in two colors of fingering weight yarn so you can use whatever yarn you have in your stash and just make it as big as you can (since it is worked from the bottom up). 

You can see the two sizes from the photo, and also two colorwork options: strawberries and lily of the valley. 

But that’s not all the choices you have. In fact, there are 34 different charts you can choose from to knit onto your project. Some of the options include happy faces, a lobster, a pumpkin, a snail and a butterfly. There are cherries, peaches, tomatoes and radishes.

There’s even a blank square you can use to draw your own little design if you want to use something else. Or keep it blank and make it a plain checkerboard design. 

And while both of these shawls use the same icons throughout, you could also use different designs throughout if you want. Say a fall version with a bat, pumpkin, leaf and acorn, or a summer beach theme with sailboat, fish, lobster and a bird? I keep suggesting four different icons because the larger size has four rows of squares, but the smaller has three, so you could do stripes of the same icon or alternate a couple of different ones, whatever you like. 

Look through the finished projects on the Ravelry project page to see lots of different options, from rows to individual icons. There are also some projects that are smaller than the suggested size to make a smaller bandana. You could also keep going a make a bigger shawl working increases in the same way as you have been going. 

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Katryn Seeburger]