Month: November 2007

That first playing around with elastic bands as yarn a few days ago stretched me into thinking what I could knit with them.  This wrist band resulted.  I like the look and the feel of it and it could be used over loose mittens as a way of anchoring them to the wrist.  The gauge here is :  three 6 inch elastic bands across 8 stitches on # 17mm/US 12 needles will knit one row.  Knowing this will come in handy should I decide to knit a carry bag.  I’m not sure how sturdy it would be, or if it would stretch impractically (I have an image of dragging my library books along the ground in such a bag).   And, as the first time, I really enjoyed knitting with such elastic fiber.  It is Slow Knitting – you pay attention to each stitch and have the chance to really marvel at each and every construction.  Next comes the idea of making a cowl, maybe a moebius where I would knit a length and then join the ends with a twist before the join.  Hmmm – I can imagine that it would rather  ‘move’  on itself when worn.   I had other things in mind to do now but……..