(re-post from 6/19/2008)
These bits and pieces on the floor had me looking this way and that to see what had caused them – and then I looked up……
This is the moebius cowl I knit last autumn using elastic bands as the yarn, wondering what it would be like to knit with elastic bands, wondering what the item would be like. It was an adventure and a challenge. Slow knitting, knitting with awareness, focusing on each stitch because elastic is so – well, gripping!
I started out knitting wristbands for dearly loved family members who shall not be named here but one of whom told me their cat ate the wristband. A little more tone of regret when that piece of information was shared would have been welcomed. Okay, I was amused as well.
The cowl pleases me – it has substance and movement of its own when worn; it is more wearable art than an everyday accessory so it hangs on the wall. Then I noticed the 'sheddings' and looked more closely at the cowl.
Wow. Can you see how it is disintegrating? Click on the photo to enlarge it. I find that fascinating. It wasn't in sun which I would have expected to break down elastic with its light and heat; it was (still is!) in the path of the wind through the house so I guess it is drying out. Neat. It will be on view in the Fernwood Art Stroll this weekend and then hung back on the doorway where the breeze trots by when I open doors and windows. I look forward to watching further happenings.