There were only 50 rows this week, and it was a pretty fast knit- I did the whole clue in a movie and a half (all of Star Wars-A New Hope and half of The Empire Strikes Back). I really like the design so far, but it's a bit frustrating to have to wait another whole week to get the next part of the chart. Alas, I guess that's part and parcel of doing a mystery-along.
I had an interesting thought as I was knitting. Reading a chart is like reading a musical score. I played viola for several years in elementary/junior high, and always thought it was really neat the way my brain translated what my eyes saw on the page into finger movements, without me really even thinking about it.
Tonight, I felt that same thing happening while I knit. I could read a few stitches on the chart, my fingers started going, and while those stitches were being knit, I glanced up to see what the next few stitches were going to be. I can't quite knit lace without looking, though I can stockinette, but a glance at the chart every so often across the row was enough, and my fingers kept moving the whole time. I didn't have to think "ssk" or "k2tog" or "yo," I just saw the symbol and my fingers did it.
It was really cool.
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That really IS cool. I was thinking...gee, 50 rows in one sitting...awesome! Looking really good! So you are given symbols only?
I love your analogy. And knitting or crocheting someone else's pattern reminds me of playing someone else's score. You are walking around inside their head for a brief time.
And! Your spinning is amazing. I love it!
yes sue, that is my poem. i should have noted it as such! to think the whole thing started out as the drawing...and snail spirals was the name of the drawing. it was most likely subliminally inspired by you though!
It looks great!
I've often thought that lace knitting is a lot like reading a musical score (thank you, years of clarinet playing)--I sometimes find myself thinking in rests instead of plain knitting. :)
I'm not going as quickly as you, but I'm having the same "musical" experience. Suddenly I can think in knitting, rather than translating symbols to words to actions. It's lovely! (And so is your stole.) :-)
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