I'm on a bit of a yarn diet this year, but I have four balls of Rooster Almerino Aran in the stash that I thought would be perfect for a soft, drapey scarf. So last night I cast on for Drifting Pleats.
It's tricky, but it had me sitting there in awe of Lynne, for thinking the whole scheme up, and also of her tech editor! I can imagine it might have made mere mortals rip their hair out -- it would have been difficult to test and hard to get the pattern into a form that wasn't too prescriptive and yet conveyed the necessary technical information to create the pleats.
I'm interested in the fact that every time I pause and think, 'Could this possibly be the right way to do this?' I can trust the pattern (and my intuition) and it works!
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Ooooh, pictures, please. I'm sure there's a Drifting Pleats in my future but I just keep doing easier things instead. Perhaps you will inspire me.
Hi Little Red Hen. I think I’m seeing a poultry theme here! I’d never heard of Rooster Almerino Aran, so I googled and found it at Laughing Hens. Is it your yarn?
Sue McCain was the tech editor, and she’s also tech editor for the book I’m currently working on. I think she’s amazing too, and she has an endless reservoir of patience.
I have to again give credit to my friends Bonnie & Cheryl, who were invaluable during the fine tuning of the patterns. While they knit through my first drafts of those complicated patterns with all the dpns, I observed and listened to their comments. Their feedback helped present the patterns in the simplest, most logical and understandable format.
Oh, pls. keep on posting about this. Is this scarf a "I have a free weekend and want to do this and don't bother me scarf? One of the many good things about knitting: sometimes we REALLY want our brains engaged!
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