Yesterday I tried to capture the floppy-bushel-basket-ness of the current hap.
Here it is, slumped in a heap:
And here it is being held up by the chair:
And this is all I can see while I'm knitting:
Well, that's not *all* I can see. I can also see this:
Because if there is a goat nearby when I sit in this chair in the barn paddock, she or he will climb up on the rock I use as a footrest, to see what I'm up to. And when Violet saw this huge sack, she thought it might be full of carrot pennies and peanuts.
I told her, Sorry, but no.
There will be peanuts after evening chores, as usual.
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| "I know you're busy, don't interrupt what you're doing with those sticks. I'll just have a little look, shall I?" |
I suppose it never hurts to check.
The hap is ready to bind off, with 624 stitches on the last few rows. Binding off may take a while, but I'm looking forward to blocking this and seeing it all clean and tidy and stretched out evenly. I hope I like it. If not, I'll have to knit another one. This is a really nice project for nor'easter/insomniac/stop-worrying knitting, whether for 20 minutes or for 4 hours at a stretch. Toward the end I was going slowly to make it last. But now: starting the bind-off.
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I'm sure Violet is just as astounded as I am at the number 624. Just the THOUGHT of that many stitches gives me the vapours and a strong urge to lie down. You, my friend, are amazing!
ReplyDeleteIf it doesn't block out a good bit larger than the 4-foot-square haps I made previously, I admit I will be disappointed!
DeleteI can't wait to see this blocked. And I love the airy way you say you might make another! Is this the second one?
ReplyDeleteIt's the third. My Occasional Helper and his wife had their second baby 6 months ago, so now they have two complementary but distinct Hansel haps.
DeleteHa-ha! Nice knitting buddy you have there. Nice photos. The colors of your project seem to blend in with your surroundings. Good luck binding off.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the colors - all the natural, undyed shades are part of my Winter landscape, and the green is for the hemlocks :)
DeletePardon my ignorance, Quinn, but what is a hap? I went back over your recent posts to see but couldn't find it. It is wonderful looking knitting and how nice to have a critter take notice too. Loved seeing your birds and comparing to mine here in southeast Ontario. Many the same. Enjoyed your paintings too. Take Care!
ReplyDeleteThanks for asking, Jocelyn! It's a name for a traditional Shetland shawl, and the pattern I've been using is Gudrun Johnston's "Hansel Hap." If you put the word hap in the search box, you should get a few posts about my hap-knitting over the years, but I think the most recent one - with links to others - is Nov 4, 2022. And yes, I think we do have many of the same birds! :)
DeleteIt never hurts to inquire. LOL I enjoyed the pictures of your pal.
ReplyDeleteMy goats are a very optimistic tribe :)
DeleteHap is new to me as well.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful knitting
Well, it was new to me til I started looking for the first baby-welcoming blanket pattern back in 2019 (I think), and found this very popular "Hansel Hap" pattern. :)
DeleteHap is new to me too. It sure is beautiful, the colors so natural. Love your companion!
ReplyDeleteAfter knitting two haps entirely in shades of undyed Shetland sheep wool, it felt surprisingly weird to add the green to this one - even though I love the depth of colors in that green yarn. If I make another hap I may try using more dyed colors, but that would mean buying another $100+ of yarn so I'll have to think hard about it. The reason I started this one was to thriftily use up the leftover yarn from the first two!
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