{"id":6709,"date":"2019-04-07T14:34:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T21:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=6709"},"modified":"2019-04-10T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T18:14:34","slug":"who-is-left-to-connect-me-to-my-earlier-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=6709","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Left to Connect Me to My Earlier Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The quote is from Firewall<\/i>, part of the Wallander series written by Henning Mankell. <\/p>\n

Tomorrow is the anniversary of my mother\u2019s ischemic stroke. An event that changed everything.<\/p>\n

Last year was a challenging year. My younger sister survived her third surgery for oral cancer, but while in recovery had an ischemic stroke. She did not survive. <\/p>\n

Two months later my mother had an ischemic stroke. For a few weeks the prognosis was positive-negative, hopeful-no hope. Before summer I lost the two most important women in my life. The women who knew me when I was a child. We grew and changed together.<\/p>\n

I am working on a memorial series. Typically I my series have 11 pieces. Several pieces are in progress but not quite completed. Partly the delay in completing work is the result of recovering from hand surgery. Still do not have my fine motor skill and manual dexterity in my dominant hand. <\/p>\n

I using fiber to embroider on hardware cloth for my code blocks. Holding a needle for extended periods of time still causes hand and finger pain. Needed to figure out alternative ways for making things. Since I can loom knit, decided to give that a go. This will also be the first piece in a long time that does not have hardware cloth. It is a good thing to break a dependence on a material.<\/p>\n

Who is Left\u2026<\/i>, will still have a metal component. The plan is to use safety pins to assemble the blocks. The safety pins will also add the possibility of green patina running down the piece.<\/p>\n

Blocks<\/b>
\nThere are three colors of wool blocks: 41 tan for dashes, 51 dark brown for dots, and 52 cream for spacers. The 144 blocks will be laid out on a 9 x 16 grid.<\/p>\n

\"Layout\"<\/p>\n

Knit Pattern\u2013Dash 41 Tan Wool Blocks<\/b><\/p>\n

Cast On E-wrap
\nKnit E-wrap<\/p>\n

R1\tSkip, K5, Flat Knit
\nR2\tSkip, K, S, K, S, K, Flat Knit
\nR3\tSkip, K5, Flat Knit
\nR4\tSkip, S, K, S, K, S, Flat Knit<\/p>\n

Pattern rolls.<\/p>\n

Knit Pattern\u2013Dot 51 Dark Brown Wool Blocks<\/b><\/p>\n

Cast On E-wrap
\nKnit E-wrap<\/p>\n

R1\tSkip, K, P, K, P, K, Flat Knit
\nR2\tSkip, P, K, P, K, K, Flat Knit
\nR3\tSkip, P, K, P, K, K, Flat Knit
\nR4\tSkip, K, P, K, P, K, Flat Knit<\/p>\n

Knit Pattern\u2013Spacers 52 Cream Wool Blocks<\/b><\/p>\n

Cast On E-wrap
\nKnit E-wrap
\nOnly Knit Purl Stitches
\nR1\tSkip, K, P, K, P, K, Flat Knit
\nR2\tSkip, P, K, P, K, K, Flat Knit
\nR3\tSkip, K, P, K, P, K, Flat Knit
\nR4\tSkip, P, K, P, K, K, Flat Knit<\/p>\n

\n

\"Swatches\"<\/p>\n

Knitted Swatches with Cotton Cord Separating Blocks After First Fulling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\"Blocks\"<\/p>\n

Blocks for Code<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\"Scraps\"<\/p>\n

The scraps are random sizes, might be fun to stitch together to make letters in a different code piece.
\nBeen thinking about learning to use my mother\u2019s sewing machine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\"Scraps\"<\/p>\n

The blocks were fulled, not felted. Loops for pegs still visible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Safety Pins<\/b>
\nI ordered two types of bronze 3\/4″ safety pins from amazon:<\/p>\n

Household Mall 3\/4-Inch Safety Pins, Bronze (1440 Pieces)<\/a><\/p>\n

Firefly Bronze Metal Gourd Pin (1000 Pieces)<\/a><\/p>\n

Received the Household Bronze pins. They are beautiful! <\/p>\n

\"Safety<\/p>\n

\"Safety<\/p>\n

Waiting to assemble the piece until I see the Bronze Gourd Pins. <\/p>\n

10 April They Arrived\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Gourd<\/p>\n

\"Gourd<\/p>\n

The extra space in the curve of the pin might work better with the thickness of the wool blocks.<\/p>\n

The safety pins would be lovely for use in the i-cord bowl series I am planning to make. The title is Collected Memories. Got the idea when going through my parents\u2019 collections found in random drawers.<\/p>\n

A few years ago I dinked around with the idea of i-cord bowls. Wasn\u2019t the time to develop the work. Maybe I was waiting for bronze safety pins.<\/p>\n

\"Brown<\/p>\n

\"Cream<\/p>\n

According to the email I received from amazon, I may not receive the gourd safety pins until April 12th. So, I patiently wait for the order to arrive.<\/p>\n

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