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The Tanya Scarf
Tanya is a server at the 3 Bananas cafe downtown, where my friend Cheryl and I knit and talk about capital S "stuff" (most often gender politics, the sex trade and reproductive issues) 2 times a week over lunch. Tanya is friendly and funny and indulges us a regulars, making custom pizzas for Cheryl who has a tomato allergy. In short, Tanya has played a large part in turning 3 Bananas from a merely convenient place to eat to a place where Cheryl and I enjoy being regulars.
Therefore, the idea of knitting her something came up a few weeks ago. I'm usually somewhat nervous about knitted gifts, because there's always a large risk of putting a lot of feeling and effort into something not very well appreciated. But Cheryl gifts her knits a lot and I think we choose a good project: a lace scarf, knit is two parts and then grafted together. This allows Cheryl and I to split up the knitting evenly. After browsing a few patterns we settled on the Orchid Lace scarf. Cheryl will do the grafting, as I hate grafting due to sucking at it.
As Tanya wears a lot of black, I ordered 2 skeins of 'Seduction' yarn (Merino/Tencel blend, weighted for 3.25 mm needles), in Haida from Blue Moon Fiber (sic) Arts. I'm pretty excited about starting this project.
Therefore, the idea of knitting her something came up a few weeks ago. I'm usually somewhat nervous about knitted gifts, because there's always a large risk of putting a lot of feeling and effort into something not very well appreciated. But Cheryl gifts her knits a lot and I think we choose a good project: a lace scarf, knit is two parts and then grafted together. This allows Cheryl and I to split up the knitting evenly. After browsing a few patterns we settled on the Orchid Lace scarf. Cheryl will do the grafting, as I hate grafting due to sucking at it.
As Tanya wears a lot of black, I ordered 2 skeins of 'Seduction' yarn (Merino/Tencel blend, weighted for 3.25 mm needles), in Haida from Blue Moon Fiber (sic) Arts. I'm pretty excited about starting this project.
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