Sunday, April 17, 2011

15 rows to ward off A/C

I found a singular white ball of Lion Brand's discontinued Thick n Quick Cotton in my mother's old craft closet. Not really enough for anything except to perhaps something to keep the A/C off my shoulders in the office. So I grabbed my #19s to make it stretch and cast on 43 sts and worked feather and fan:

Row 1: K2tog, *k, y/o, k, y/o, k, s1, ssk, psso, repeat from * 6 times, k, y/o, k, y/o, k, ssk.
Row 2: k
Row 3: k2tog, *k1f&b, y/o, k, y/o, k1f&b, s1, ssk, psso repeat from * 6 times, k1f&b, y/o, k, y/o, k1f&b, ssk.
Row 4: p
Row 5: k2tog, *k1f&b, k, y/o, k, y/o, k, k1f&b, s1, ssk, psso, repeat from * 6 times, k1f&b, y/o, k, y/o, k, k1f&b, ssk.
Row 6: k
Row 7: k2tog, *k1f&b, k2, y/o, k, y/o, k2, k1f&b, s1, ssk, psso, repeat from * 6 times, k1f&b, k2, y/o, k, y/o, k2, k1f&b, ssk
Row 8: p
Row 9: k2tog, *k1f&b, k3, y/o, k, y/o, k3, k1f&b, s1, ssk, psso, repeat from * 6 times, k1f&b, k3, y/o, k, y/o, k3, k1f&b, ssk
Row 10: k
Row 11: k2 tog, *k2tog, k, y/o, k, y/o, k, y/o, k, y/o, k, ssk, s1, ssk, psso, repeat from * 6 times, k2 tog, k, y/o, k, y/o, k, y/o, k, y/o, k, ssk, ssk.
Row 12: p
Row 13: same as row 11
Row 14: k
Row 15: bind off

or for the visual types:

\ is ssk, / is k2tog, /\ is s1, ssl, psso, X is k, O is y/o, - is p, and little x is k1f&b, work "backwards" from arrow

\XOXOX/\XOXOX/\XOXOX/\XOXOX/\XOXOX/\XOXOX/\XOXOX/ <-1
X <-2
\xOXOx/\xOXOx/\xOXOx/\xOXOx/\xOXOx/\xOXOx/\xOXOx/<-3
- <-4
\xXOXOXx/\xXOXOXx/\xXOXOXx/\xXOXOXx/\xXOXOXx/\xXOXOXx/\xXOXOXx/ <-5
x <-6
\xXXOXOXXx/\xXXOXOXXx/\xXXOXOXXx/\xXXOXOXXx/\xXXOXOXXx/\xXXOXOXXx/\xXXOXOXXx/ <-7
- <-8
\xXXXOXOXXXx/\xXXXOXOXXXx/\xXXXOXOXXXx/\xXXXOXOXXXx/\xXXXOXOXXXx/\xXXXOXOXXXx/\xXXXOXOXXXx/ <-9
X<-10
\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/ <- 11
- <- 12
\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/\XOXOXOXOX/ <- 13
X<- 14
bind off <-15

picture of it blocking is on twitter @knitshits