Ctenophore
I knit up my first term project motif. It is inspired by the ctenophore (comb jelly fish). I’m not shooting for 100% accuracy. Just a knitted representation of the critter. I think it came out nicely!
Here is what it looks like in real life.
Top shows the ctenophore in water. It’s sorta sitting on a weird axis in that picture. It’s tad difficult getting a “good” shot of something swimming along in the water. Bottom image shows what it looks like out of water. For a “full frontal” view of the ctenophore, check out this link.
Knitting on the Edge
with apologies to Nicky Epstein.
I’ve been LOVING class this quarter. My series on life in the PacNW has been FABULOUS. So far we’ve been on four field trips, covering much ground each day out. So far we’ve walked the Nisqually Delta, peeked at history remnants at Dickman’s Mill, toured the Port of Tacoma, cringed at the Gog-le-hi-te Wetlands, glimpsed layers of history in our own backyard of Old Mill Park, blazed our own trail along Cowling Creek and seined the spit at the mouth of Miller’s Bay. Yesterday we followed elk trails through the Queets rainforest and weathered a storm buffeting Beach No. 4 and the Pacific Ocean.
Pure bliss!
Even as great as the field visits have been, it actually gets better.
I’ve found a way to combine my field work and knitting! WOOT!
Yes, indeed-y!
How? It’s like this … we are assigned a very open ended term project. We needed to come up with a term project highlighting at least 8 things on our trip and giving our own insights to these “things.” There is to be little to no research involved. Just our things and our hearts and minds. We can have a specific theme (like trails or edible plants, or trash) or we can have a more nebulous theme of “the most interesting thing I found on this trip.”
My self-imposed project? KNITTING! I am going to make a knitting pattern book based on our travels. So far I have a color-work pattern based on a Native American basket. I have plans to outline a wigwam burner base with a cable stitch patter. I want to make a colorway pulled from rocks on the beach. Make a lace pattern based on a Bryozoa we found on the beach. Maybe knit a fern stitch from Barbara Walker’s treasury. Design a pattern based on a Mayflower leaf. Spin some cattail fluff. A colorwork pattern based on a Native American blanket at the Squamish museum. See? FUN stuff!
Wanna see my photo collection?
All sorts of inspiration! If you wonder what anything is in my photos (they are purposefully left un-described), please ask. If any knitting related ideas pop in your head while browsing, give me a holler!! Either leave a comment here or on flickr or give me an email nanknits2much*gmail*com (I assume you are smart enough to install the right symbols in my email address!) I already have a million ideas, I’d love to hear what you think. I’m not even halfway through my field outings and have way more ideas than I need. What I need some help with is the TITLE of my project. So far my best attempt is “Knitting on the Edge” (my series is called Life on the Edge), but that title is already taken.
I think in the end, I will have a self-made book and a wall-hanging or small lap blanket to accompany the book. Excuse for knitting during the quarter! Hoo-YAH!
Remember that junior high chemistry primer?
The one otherwise disguised as my college text?
Now that I’ve gotten into the class, I’ve decided that it is actually an elementary school primer.
Take this text problem from pg 28-29:
“Suppose that the boss at the store where you work on weekends asks you to pick up 2 dozen doughnuts on the way to work. However, you find that the donut shop sells by the donut. How many doughnuts do you need?”
Elementary school primer or college text?
Yeah, thought you might agree.
