Dad is one of those people who are difficult to knit for.
Aren't most guys?
He's fairly easy to buy for, but I honestly haven't had much time to go poke around in the shops thanks to extra shifts at work.
Thankfully Cat Bordhi came to my rescue, with her wonderful Moebius cast-on tutorial:
Dad is obsessed with motorbikes, his beloved Harley Dyna has pride of place in the garage. Colours were most definitely NOT an issue: H-D Brand colours of Black and Orange in Ashford's Tekapo 8ply. Very warm and very thick for maximum wind-breakage if he ever deigns to wear it on the bike.
Oh yes, I punned that!
Due to time constraints the scarf came out a bit on the narrow side, but that's not much of a problem since it's supposed to loop around the neck twice.
What I like about Moebii is that you don't have to worry about them blowing away if an end comes untucked or the problem of doing head-checks with a ton of bulky fabric jammed just inside the neck of your jacket.
I'm quite ridiculously proud of myself, even though knitting it felt like I was somehow breaking physics. It is darn weird to knit an object whose shape you can't hold in your head.
The usual colourwork problem of having to designate a "Right side" and "Wrong side" for your work was completely eliminated by this type of object only having ONE side. Trying to work out how you would go about giving it a right side ad a wrong side to look all neat and pretty nearly made my head explode.
My brain is obviously made for strictly Euclidean physics -.-;
Happy knitting!
~Topaz
Aren't most guys?
He's fairly easy to buy for, but I honestly haven't had much time to go poke around in the shops thanks to extra shifts at work.
Thankfully Cat Bordhi came to my rescue, with her wonderful Moebius cast-on tutorial:
Dad is obsessed with motorbikes, his beloved Harley Dyna has pride of place in the garage. Colours were most definitely NOT an issue: H-D Brand colours of Black and Orange in Ashford's Tekapo 8ply. Very warm and very thick for maximum wind-breakage if he ever deigns to wear it on the bike.
Oh yes, I punned that!
Due to time constraints the scarf came out a bit on the narrow side, but that's not much of a problem since it's supposed to loop around the neck twice.
What I like about Moebii is that you don't have to worry about them blowing away if an end comes untucked or the problem of doing head-checks with a ton of bulky fabric jammed just inside the neck of your jacket.
I'm quite ridiculously proud of myself, even though knitting it felt like I was somehow breaking physics. It is darn weird to knit an object whose shape you can't hold in your head.
The usual colourwork problem of having to designate a "Right side" and "Wrong side" for your work was completely eliminated by this type of object only having ONE side. Trying to work out how you would go about giving it a right side ad a wrong side to look all neat and pretty nearly made my head explode.
My brain is obviously made for strictly Euclidean physics -.-;
Happy knitting!
~Topaz
WOW!!! That came out fantastically! Judging by the smile on Papa's face, he thinks so, too! What a thoughtful daughter! Great colour choice! Thanks so much for posting that video, it'll be a great help, as I always get all knotted up in trying to NOT get all knotted up! Hope you're getting up to lots of mischief! Give Dralion a kiss from me. Love you. :)
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