As you can see, motifs continue to accumulate on North Truro:



The observant will spot more evidence of my continued existence in the photo's lower right. Apologies for the quality of this shot. I recently replaced the hand-me-down 1.3 mega pixel camera I had been using with a hand-me-down 3 mega pixel camera. In theory, the best quality setting of the latter should be better than the best quality setting of the former. Apparently there is room for contention in this theory. Still, you can see how the design continues to grow. Next week's progress shot will feature the thing on the top of a queen size bed so you can see how far I've got to go.

I'm afraid that while this piece remains interesting to knit, I'm rapidly running out of things to say about it. I don't anticipate any earth shaking discoveries until I get up to the bit where I have to improvise half motifs to go around the edges:

Since I prefer the look of a nice straight edge and matching edging to the rippled look of a "bare motif" spread, I'll also have to invent something to eke out the east/west sides. Plus the actual edging of course. You can see the full motif smack in the center of this layout (full yellow hex in the center). The half hexes are in blue. They'll pose a bit of a challenge because they'll have to be knit flat as opposed to in the round, but since I chart my patterns by repeat, I don't need to do any redrafting - just remembering the circ/flat inversion and only working three rather than six "petals."? The squares on the edge next to the half hexes also need to be modified. There will be left and right halfies to preserve the pattern's lines. The hardest part will be the half triangles needed to eke the thing out east and west. Fiddly but easy to do. I never quite like the way they turn out.



Thought for the day:? Life is only as complicated as you make it.