Designer A, “Remember Granny square skirts?” Designer B, “They were groovy!”
Designer A, “People loved those. They were so easy to make!” Designer B, “They grooved!”
Designer A, “Well, I’d really like to come up with something like that, but bend it a little…. Why don’t I knit a whole bunch of hexagons using short rows, and sew them up together!” Designer B, “I feel the groove!”
This appeared in Vogue Knitting, Fall 2005; just imagine wearing it with the Kalaidescope Sweater Coat!
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Skinny model
Won’t ever fly high
Granny skirt weighs her down
Keeps her feet on the ground
Yeah, that would look so awesome with the coat–total project cost? You don’t want to know.
The hexagon is the new granny scare, oh, that should be square.
LOL
Kathleen
Comment by Kathleen (0 comments.) — 11/8/2006 @ 10:38 am
I also can’t help but believe a lot of yarn gets wasted with these things. The Kaliaidescope jacket not only used 36 skeins– it used 34 colors ways. Wanna bet you waste at least 1/4 of the yardage on each skein?
Comment by lucia — 11/8/2006 @ 10:46 am
Do they at least give directions for the black parts of this one?
Comment by AuntieAnn (32 comments.) — 11/8/2006 @ 11:24 am
Yes, they tell you how to assemble. You make 6 horizontal strips picking up stitches from the edge of one hexagon before making the next one. Afterwards, you join the strips by picking up a stitches and ultimately using a three-needle bind off.
The knitter will have a lot of ends to tie in!
Comment by lucia — 11/8/2006 @ 11:33 am
She’d better not sit down, or her $500 worth of yarn and 1000 woman-hours are going down the drain when that skirt gets butt-sprung.
Comment by Kathy (0 comments.) — 11/9/2006 @ 11:32 am
After it gets buttsprung, she can undo the side seam and the item can assume it’s intended purpose: Afghan!
Comment by lucia — 11/9/2006 @ 11:57 am