Eve will soon go out to test knitters -- thank you, test knitters, for volunteering. And what has been occupying me the last couple of days? Why a variation on Eve, of course!
Cindy, one of the test knitters, asked if it were possible to rotate the tree in the center by 90 degrees so that it would be upright when viewed on the wearer. My eyes began twirling in opposite directions at the thought of trying to re-chart the whole tree, so I responded that no, it couldn't be done.
But the idea stuck in my mind. And I began to see something like what I started out with -- the tree on either end, with the stole having pointed ends. And I began playing to see if I could do it. I found a different snakey edge that I like and thought about how to re-arrange the elements and I think I like it. My concern is that the pointed end may be longer than I will like which would mean reworking the start into something a little broader -- which can easily be done.
I am using a Colourmart cash/silk which is a bit finer than Zephyr and a size 2 needle. Here's what I have so far -- believe me the chart is more impressive --
You can't really see details yet. Anyway, I am enjoying this and likely will release it some time as a separate pattern. Or maybe do a KAL releasing pieces of the pattern each week.
Monday I was sworn in to be a ballot clerk for the election. Now I am really excited by this because I have always wanted to be part of an election and at last I can. It means I will be at the City Hall polling place from early morning until 5 pm. The prediction is that the turnout this year will be 80% in Maine, so I expect we will be busy.
Sunrise is coming later these days -- here is the view at 7 this morning --
Now to work on getting the pattern for Eve ready to send to my testers next week.