I found something to do with the dead squirrel yarn from yesterday’s entry. I wrapped a bunch of catnip in paper towel, sewed the piece of squirrel fur around it, and gave it to the cats.
Remember the Star Trek episode about the Tribbles? This reminds me of one of those. Predictably, sometime during the night one of the cats tore it up and there was catnip all over the floor this morning.
In the comments yesterday, someone asked about the heel stitch for the Strawberry Waffle Socks on my Finished Projects page.
It’s called the Eye of Partridge stitch. There are apparently a number of variations for this, but this is the one I use:
Heel Pattern (on an even number of stitches):
Row 1: *Slip 1, k1*, repeat across from *
Row 2 and all even rows: Slip 1, purl across
Row 3: Slip 1, *slip 1, k1*, repeat across from * until the last 2 stitches, k2.
Basically it is the same as the “regular” heel stitch, except that on every other “public” side row, you offset the stitch pattern by one stitch.
And the back of John’s sweater is finished. I short-rowed the shoulders, which was interesting, given that the pattern stitch is a 2 color slip stitch pattern.
On to the front.
