Two Guinness to the Wind
He he.
With two Guinness in me, I think I've come up with an excellent and unique use for twitter.
A knitting pattern distribution method.
Imagine the following set of tweets:
(NOTE: the user name tipsyknitter did not exist on twitter as of 10:48 pm EST on Saturday June 13, 2009.)
tipsyknitter Hey, I made a scarf! Wanna KAL? Pattern follows!
tipsyknitter with bulky and large needles, CO 20 sts [Edited to note this should be 19 sts. Obviously, this is one of the big reasons tweeting patterns wouldn't work.]
tipsyknitter knit 4-6 rows, start wavy pattern. Wavy pattern is next 20 rows.
tipsyknitter R1 (RS): k3, [p1, k1, Right Twist]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R2 and all even rows (WS): k3, [k1, p3]3x, k4
tipsyknitter R3: k3, [p1, Right Twist, k1]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R5: k3, [p1, k1, Right Twist]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R7: k3, [p1, Right Twist, k1]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R9: k3, [p1, k3]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R11: k3, [p1, Left Twist, k1]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R13: k3, [p1, k1, Left Twist]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R15: k3, [p1, Left Twist, k1]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R17: k3, [p1, k1, Left Twist]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R19: k3, [p1, k3]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter repeat above 20 rows until desired length.
tipsyknitter Knit another 4-6 rows to finish.
tipsyknitter add fringe if desired.
tipsyknitter send me some pics!
Did I mention I was knitting while drinking the second Guinness? Maybe I should have mentioned that. That might explain why my megalomania did a knitting/twitter mash-up. Well, it explains the knitting, not much can explain the twitter.
I mean, really, this wouldn't really work in real life, would it? You'd have to be the Yarn Harlot to have enough people following you to be even noticed, right?
(I'm still sure I could do a sock pattern in a series of tweets.)
With two Guinness in me, I think I've come up with an excellent and unique use for twitter.
A knitting pattern distribution method.
Imagine the following set of tweets:
(NOTE: the user name tipsyknitter did not exist on twitter as of 10:48 pm EST on Saturday June 13, 2009.)
tipsyknitter Hey, I made a scarf! Wanna KAL? Pattern follows!
tipsyknitter with bulky and large needles, CO 20 sts [Edited to note this should be 19 sts. Obviously, this is one of the big reasons tweeting patterns wouldn't work.]
tipsyknitter knit 4-6 rows, start wavy pattern. Wavy pattern is next 20 rows.
tipsyknitter R1 (RS): k3, [p1, k1, Right Twist]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R2 and all even rows (WS): k3, [k1, p3]3x, k4
tipsyknitter R3: k3, [p1, Right Twist, k1]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R5: k3, [p1, k1, Right Twist]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R7: k3, [p1, Right Twist, k1]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R9: k3, [p1, k3]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R11: k3, [p1, Left Twist, k1]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R13: k3, [p1, k1, Left Twist]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R15: k3, [p1, Left Twist, k1]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R17: k3, [p1, k1, Left Twist]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter R19: k3, [p1, k3]3x, p1, k3
tipsyknitter repeat above 20 rows until desired length.
tipsyknitter Knit another 4-6 rows to finish.
tipsyknitter add fringe if desired.
tipsyknitter send me some pics!
Did I mention I was knitting while drinking the second Guinness? Maybe I should have mentioned that. That might explain why my megalomania did a knitting/twitter mash-up. Well, it explains the knitting, not much can explain the twitter.
I mean, really, this wouldn't really work in real life, would it? You'd have to be the Yarn Harlot to have enough people following you to be even noticed, right?
(I'm still sure I could do a sock pattern in a series of tweets.)
Labels: Bright Ideas, Guinness, Japanese Knitting Books, Non-existent Scarf, Twitter
posted by Whining Procrastinator at 10:30 PM
2 Comments:
I'm planning on trying your knit along scarf - I'm unfamiliar with the right twist/left twist phrasing - is that something I already know how to do by another name - I will google it and see what I come up with - Randi :)
OK - I foung this:
RT = Right Twist: Knit second stitch on left needle, without slipping first stitch. Purl 1st stitch. Remove both stitches from left needle.
LT = Left Twist: Purl 2nd stitch on left needle through the back loop, without slipping first stitch. Knit 1st stitch normally. Remove both stitches from left needle
- is that what you meant?
Randi :)
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