The Knitting Fiend

Both Sachi and Spike suggested I knit a “garterlac” scarf. It turns out each meant different things by garterlac. Both ideas are good, but I’m going to stick with my ribbing idea!

Still, I think it’s interesting to show different types of “Knit-lacs” and compare how they look. After all, knitters pick projects based on how they want their item to look, so seeing the options is great.

Standard Entrelac

First , let’s look at normal entrelac. Here’s a sample of entrelac knit by Spinsters Blog.
One feature of stockinette entrelac (aka normal entrelac) is the “blocks” are taller than they are wide. Because of this, the surface ripples and bulges ever so slightly, resulting in an emphasized “up and down” woven effect. You can see this in the sample to the left.
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When we adopted Cosmo from the Humane Society, we made one thing very clear: He was expected to be a working cat. He told us he was more than willing to work for his keep. So, yesterday, I assigned him his first task: Pick out yarn for my entrelac scarf. And guess what? He picked some great stuff!

The yarn is DK weight, 100% wool, and Cosmo picked two beautiful shades of blue. Inspired by his color choices, I cast on. To the left, you can see what I’ve done so far.

I labeled the “bits”. Bits, 1&2 are knit following the directions for “Section 1″. Bits 3,4 & 5, are the left triangle, center rectangle and right triangle created following the directions in “Section 2″. Bit 6 is the first rectangle following directions for “Section 3″. The magenta line indicates a row of stitches.

In case you want to give this a whirl, here are sort of directions — but notice they aren’t complete! I’ll write the full directions up when I’m done, and I’ll write a calculator so you can vary. (Ok, you know the real reason these directiosn are here. It’s so I can print them out and check as I keep knitting section 2 and 3 over and over again. If they are confusing, please ask questions– then I can fix wording. There may be mistakes! )
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