If you haven't yet, peruse the pattern for the Ginger Smith square and notice the odd construction of this.
Why yes, it's done in columns.
I discovered this while trying desperately to figure out why my charts weren't working last night. Luckily, I reverted to the words pretty quickly and noticed this oddity. So now, I have the first column done, and am ready to start picking up stitches for the next section.
I loathe picking up stitches. And now I have two projects that are in need of having stitches picked up tonight. Ick.
It's a cool idea for construction, but I really wish I'd realized it before I cast on. Wow.
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2 comments:
And I really don't see a valid point for doing it this way other than just to show that you can.
Exactly what my thought was last night. And yeah, I do appreciate that she at least made the picking up easy due to the slipped stitches, but I still have this mental block about picking up.
I think it all stemmed from last year when I had to pick up several hundred stitches around the outside of an afghan I was making as a wedding gift, and I was still doing it 14 hours before the wedding. :-)
I had noticed that in the pattern when I read through the book...I agree, it is a case of 'do it just because you can'. I personally don't mind picking up stitches so I might move this one higher on my list!
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