knit hat
The gloves were turned into a hat for S.
Have you heard of Ravelry? It's got a really useful, really targeted advanced search, and each pattern logged on there has about a bazillion people uploading actual completed project photos they worked on. That's where I found this pattern, though I guess it turns out that I don't know how to count yarn ply (hat is a bit big).
Ravelry link, actual pattern link, for the Jacques Costeau hat. I think there's a slight mistake in the pattern though. First round of decrease should start with 28 in the rib pattern, then KKS, without the 2 purls at the very end.
One thing I was wondering ... why don't more software engineers knit? Knitting is EXACTLY analogous to programming.
- instructions = program
- repeats = program iterations
- cabling / special working = program functions
- brain = compiler
- fingers/needles = processor?
- knit product = pixels on screen. (look at what you can do with intarsia!)
Here's the Jacques Cousteau hat as a pseudo-scripty-whatever-program.
CAST 120; JOIN;
while (hat < 8_inches): FN_RIB;
for (onerow): FN_DECREASE1;
while (stitches_in_row > 12): FN_DECREASE;
TIE_OFF;
define FN_RIB:
K 3; P 2;
define FN_DECREASE1:
while (stitches_from_mark <= 28): FN_RIB; //a bit squirrelly
K 2; S;
MARK;
define FN_DECREASE:
while (stitches_to_mark > 2): FN_RIB;
K 2; S;
MARK;
S says programmers would rather have machines do the work.