Some More Planning and the Start of the Actual Colorwork

Day 3, the #CowParade project

My strengths do not lie in the visual/spatial area. I suspect much of that is because I have aphantasia – the lack of a visual mind’s eye. But what I lack in visualization skills I more than make up with kinesthetic and tactile acuity.

Which is why I spent a bit of time over coffee this morning actually making a paper model of my cow’s sweater before progressing to the yoke.

This helped me understand the differences in construction between the shape of a person’s sweater and the one I need to make for my cow. It’s not just a matter of size, but of structure.

Then I was able to plan out the yoke, placing increases in plain rows between 3 motifs.

I started with some yellow chickens. (Hat tip to The Pacific Knit, Co. for the collection of farm motifs. I think I’ve purchased at least 4 or 5 of the collections.)

I added another 3″ to the 4″ of ribbing. If I can average an inch of knitting a day, I’ll have the sweater done well in time for the deadline of June 10.

Fingers crossed…