You’re not the boss of me

Posted on November 12, 2024 | 9 Comments

You know I love assigned pooling. And I love brioche. Test knitting is under way for my new shawlette.

I’m designing another shawlette using brioche and assigned pooling, and the pooling was starting to…pool! At the ends of the row, over and over again. This left a big center with no stars.

Highly annoying.

So I frogged back to where there were just two stars at each end, and then I skipped a bunch of yarn so that the next star would be in the middle of the row.

It took me two tries to get it right, so I’m glad I didn’t cut the yarn first. I’ll leave this big loop on the back until I’m fully committed.

I think of assigned pooling as a dance between the yarn’s suggestions and what I want. But ultimately I’m the boss. If we have a disagreement, I WIN. I make the rules for this game!

Have you tried assigned pooling? Who’s the boss of YOUR knitting?

Oh, one more thing!

thrumbelina thrummed slipper

I’m teaching Thrill of the Thrum, my Thrumbelina thrummed slippers, this Sunday at 2 pm at For Yarn’s Sake in Beaverton. Come learn how to make and knit fluffy thrums into your knitting! This is an in-person class, the better to get a feel for those squishy thrums. Register here.

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9 responses to “You’re not the boss of me”

  1. MR's avatar MR | November 12, 2024 at 9:58 am |

    You and assigned pooling !!! – you bend it to your will, you monstrous woman. [grin]

    Erhmm … Thrumbelina ? Oh aaarghh !!!!

  2. wanderingcatyarns's avatar wanderingcatyarns | November 12, 2024 at 5:57 pm |

    Ooh! Neat!

    And oh – I have not seen thrums for AGES. My grandma use to make thrummed things (slippers, hats and mitts) to sell at her craft table!

    • pdxknitterati's avatar pdxknitterati | November 21, 2024 at 8:50 pm |

      Thrumbelina is one of my older patterns, but the LYS wanted to have this class again. Unfortunately it didn’t fill, but that gave me a little more time in my weekend!

  3. knittingissofun's avatar knittingissofun | November 12, 2024 at 6:20 pm |

    Excellent point. I never thought to “loop” some yarn to force the flowerette stitches to be where I want them.

  4. Shannon Leader's avatar Shannon Leader | November 18, 2024 at 6:14 am |

    I have definitely been the boss with a few loops so I could have stitches placed where I want them!