It’s been awhile since I’ve posted about knitting…sad, I know. I’m working on it, I swear.
Currently, I have a steering wheel cover on my needles, using Fantasy from Dark Horse Yarns. It is a lovely yarn, so soft and smooshy. And the colorway is pretty (the picture in the link does no justice, as you’ll see): purpley varigation with blue varigation with purples. I love the hand-painted effect, it’s exactly what I was looking for. And way cheaper than hand-painted. My one issue: it bleeds.
it bleeeds!
Sooo I end up with blue-purple fingers and stripes on my right hand from how I carry/throw my yarn. It has also proved to be tough to get off, scrubbing lightens it but I find it best to just let it rub off on it’s own accord.
The pattern is from the Knitty Spring 2005 issue: Wheelie. It’s a pretty simple pattern (which just hit me today, now that I’m almost done) that plays with eyelet edges and YO’s with purposefully dropped stitches. The result? This cool wavy rib pattern!
This is going to need a little bit of love and a lot of blocking...
Here is the shape once it is blocked:
Don't mind the fingers.
Once it has been blocked, an i-cord will be laced through the points of the triangles to hold it in place.
Once question that my mom asked as she watch me knitting was, “Sooooooo…won’t it slip around?”
Nope! You make it shorter than the steering wheel…but still long enough for it to be stretched around it and held, taut, in place so it does not slip (in the pattern, she says about 55-60% of the circumference on the steering wheel). If there are any doubts about that, the designer suggests fabric puff paint on the wrong side to give it grip.
As I mentioned before, I realized today that the pattern is actually REALLY easy. I’ve been able to look at it only to keep track of which row I am on and whether I make eyelets and increases/decreases that row or not, and it is going way faster since I’ve figured it out and no longer am super-dependent on the pattern.
I am really hoping to have it finished tonight, block it tomorrow (actually, probably Friday, as I am looking at a studio in Chicago and then working), and then get it on Sassy, my Honda.
I also still have Erika’s socks on needles. They’re almost done, but I am suffering from a BAD case of Second Sock Syndrome.
