Recently I haven’t been blogging about interesting knitting projects because... well, because this is what I’ve been knitting:
Oodles of I-cord. Yards and yards of I-cord. Knit by hand, because I don’t have a knitting mill that lets you crank out the I-cord by the mile. And when I asked my knitting buddies if anyone had one I could borrow, I was told the mills didn’t handle worsted-weight yarn too well. True or not, I decided to just dive in and get ’er done. I think it was about three or four evenings' worth of boob-tube knitting.
This new I-cord, aka jumbotron yarn, joins my existing jumbotron set:
I’ve been using them for a few years now, when teaching Cast-on Cornucopia, Bind-off Bonanza, and Hook Hocus-Pocus. They’re fabulous for letting me demo techniques at the front of a classroom, and still have everyone in the back of the room see what I’m doing.
The new jumbotron yarn will let me knit bigger swatches for use in class:
Tubular bind-off, anyone?
All this is in preparation for Knit Nation, which starts on Thursday. My flights leave tomorrow, though, so I can get there on Tuesday and have Wednesday to adjust to the time zone difference. So... I’m off to pack!
I broke two of the auto-knitters trying to make my own demo "yarn." Waste of time. Worse than just knitting it.
Have a great time in England!
» Deborah Robson
Thanks, Deb! It’s good to know that hand-knitting the I-cord was the right choice. And, yes, so far I’ve been enjoying London! :-)
» JC
You are a genius! I might never have thought about teaching people to knit with i-cord. That is awesome!
» madonnaearth
It could save a whole bunch of time and explanation!
» madonnaearth
I can’t take credit for the I-cord idea! A number of other teachers also use I-cord in class. I think I got the idea originally from Joan Schrouder.
» JC