Sunday, February 6, 2011

Do you see what I see?

Asthma plagues my family.  Anyone with asthma can tell you how brutal the wintery cold air can be on your airways.  To combat this problem, I would wear a thick scarf around my face, especially when trekking across campus.  Sure, I looked stupid, but I was warm and I could (more importantly) breathe when I got to class.

I'm not sure anyone passed that memo along to my sister though.  My mom called to tell me one day that my sister put herself in the hospital (again), due to her asthma and the cold air.

So, I decided, she needed a scarf.  But I've done so many scarfs, how could I possibly make this one interesting?  How could I challenge myself and try something new, while still doing a "beginners" project?

The answer: illusion knitting.  How is it possible to knit an illusion?  It can't possibly work.

Here you see a seemingly, boring, striped scarf. But, upon closer inspection...
There are skulls!

I also decided to try my hand at pattern making, so I personalized the scarf..

I hope she actually wears it and stops making trips to the E.R... It would be pretty bad for the folks there to start recognizing her!

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EDIT 2/14/11: Woops.  Forgot to link the original pattern.  My bad.
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3 comments:

  1. Mistress CipherFebruary 7, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    That's awesome. I'm guessing that you have the book Stitch and Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook??

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  2. EllyFebruary 7, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    Actually, no. I find patterns online! One of my friends suggested ravelry.com and they have a collection of various patterns published on the internet -- it's a great way to keep track of all your yarns and search for patterns based on what needles, hooks, and yarns by yardage and weight.

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  3. Mistress CipherFebruary 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM

    oh did you get a ravelry account?? you should find me.. i'm flyinghigh88 on there. and yeah it's an awesome site. that scarf is in that knitters handbook though.. its super cute.

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