A thneed to knit a thneed

“Sir! You are crazy with greed. There is no one on earth that would buy that fool Thneed!”

Perhaps not buy, but me? I thneeded to knit one. Why? Blame Rabbie.

Although she will blame a Ticktock of a sleeved shawl.

“It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.”

Which, upon watching it, goes from a sleeved shawl to a scarf to a cowl to a sleeved scarf or sleeved cowl, a hood and even a little top…

“It’s a shirt. It’s a sock. It’s a glove. It’s a hat.”

Yeah… I call a thneed when I see one.

“A Thneed’s a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need.”

And you know who thneeds that thneed the most? The very someone who showed me that tick tock? Who happens to have Reynard’s and has icicles for fingers even in summer? Yep, Rabbie. And she deserves a treat in thneed form. So to the woolservatory I went…

“And I first saw the trees! The Truffula trees! The bright-colored tufts of the Truffula trees! Mile after mile in the fresh morning breeze.”

…ok, change the word tree to wool and I totally suddenly feel called out. Moving on. I opted for a slow colour changing wool, in muted rainbow colours.

And the stitch pattern?

“He’ll tell you, perhaps . . . if you’re willing to pay.”

Its Dropped! by Arlene’s World of Lace, and like a lot of what I like to post, its a free pattern. The edging is another free pattern, the originally named Lace Edging 2 by Knitting Fool. I went for short colour changing grey to compliment the brighter rainbow yarn. Rainbows on a cloudy day as I kept saying.

The finished thneed, complete with cuffs, was thoroughly tested and it does indeed turn from a sleeved shawl which can go from a scarf to a cowl to a sleeved scarf or sleeved cowl, a hood and even a little top. I don’t have any final photos of the thneed in its all its various forms, but I think that fits with the image of a thneed, as we all know, its whatever you need.

I gave the thneed to Rabbie when I met her at Alton Towers, and as she was thanking me, she was already winding it on and snuggling into its colourful squishiness…

“I felt a great leaping of joy in my heart.”

Hmm…I should have asked if it was Truffula tree soft…

And with that:

“Get over here fast! Take the road to North Nitch. Turn left at Weehawken. Sharp right at South Stitch.”

Until the next post, stay safe.

“I am the Knitter who speaks for the wool, which I seem to have so very many bags full!”

Wool Count

Starting total – 841

Wool used – 76 (3 used)
Wool unaccounted for in my stash – 15
Wool bought – 27
Wool given to me – 37
Wool gifted to others – 2
Wool handspun – 11

Total – 855 (Net difference: +14)