Do you remember the mystery knit-along that looked like a manta ray with an attached clown collar? Do you remember the part where I said that MKALs need a Goldilocks level of mystery -- not too wacky, not too predictable?
Well.
It turns out that after knitting a big striped square with a heavy 70s vibe, and attaching it to a ruffly-edged square with a traditional Scottish vibe, we were assigned to pick up stitches along one ruffly edge in order to knit a giant fan in wide solid-colored wedges. I think this wins the prize for "most conspicuously weird thing I've ever made."
This pattern is sparking some mutiny. I don't think I've ever seen this many participants saying "nope, too weird for me." Right there in the discussion thread with the designer's name on it, they are dropping out grumpily. I am hanging in there, but I keep asking my kids if it seems as weird to them as it does to me, and they keep assuring me that it does.
Here, I will show you a picture. (The green wedge on the right-hand side will be joined by four neighbors, one in each color.)
I should mention that the pattern told me to make a solid-colored square in the center of the second block, and I decided to take the opportunity to rebalance my yarn quantities instead. I am not persuaded that a solid center would make that block any less odd.
I am enjoying the process, because short-row garter wedges are particularly pleasing to make. I still like the colors, and the weirdness will be less conspicuous when the eventual piece is slung around my neck. No one ever asks me to stretch out my big shawl/stole/wrap thingies so they can admire the details; it seems probable that this...thing will fulfill its intended purpose in my wardrobe.
And in the interim, it is definitely making me laugh. I can't begin to guess what part 4 will involve. I'll be sure to keep you posted.
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