Do you know what I'm talking about when I say viral knits? I'm talking about those patterns that kind of defy logic. There is just something about them, no one can really say what it is, but every knitter wants to make it.
I have made some viral knits in the past. There was this drops sweater that everybody made years ago including the yarn harlot. I even cast on (but never got around to finishing) the clapotis. The "Owls pullover" that I made into a cardigan and the "Colour Affection" shawl are what I would call viral knits or bandwagon knitting.
Honestly, I usually try to resist the siren song of the viral knit. Everyone is knitting it - why should I? One of the reasons knitting appeals to me is that you get to be different. You can produce a garment or accessory that is so unique that no one else on the planet owns one.
There is this knitting pattern that's been on my radar for about 5 years or so. It's called "Hitchhiker" by German designer Martina Behm. When it first came out I wanted to make it. Then everyone else made it, so I wouldn't. There are more than 19,000 of these posted on ravelry. And you know not every knitter is on ravelry (shocking and hard to believe but I have met them) and you know that the knitters that are on ravelry don't always post their work (again, shocking but people use the site in so many different ways).
Last week I could resist the lure of this pattern no more. I cast on and I was smitten.
It's like it was made for this yarn! I just love the garter stitch squishiness of it. I just lover the colour transitions. I just love how I keep wanting to make 'just one more point'.
I totally understand why it's been made over 19,000 times. What I don't understand is why it's taken me 5 years to cast on.
I vow from this moment onwards to not resist the call of the viral knit. If everyone else is making it, there must be a reason. Usually that reason is because it's a fun and engaging knit. Why am I so stubborn? There are more Martina Behm patterns in my future I think.
2 comments:
What wool are you using? It's perfect for the pattern, I might try the pattern myself if I have some in stash.
http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/knitwhits-freia-handpaints-freia-ombre-fingering
It's amazing yarn!! I used two skeins and knit from inside the cake on one and outside the cake on the other so that the colours would progress though and I'd start and finish on the same colour. I didn't show a completed photo of the project in this blog post but it turned out quite beautifully.
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