getting a bit carried away earlier this month we ordered knitting patterns from rowan in the UK (dorothee has taken up knitting again) — today we got an email with three PDF files attached which contained the step-by-step instructions…a first look at them left us a bit puzzled:
Row 1 (RS): K1, K1b, P1, K1b, K1. Row 2: K1, (P1, K1) twice. Rep these 2 rows until 142 rows in all completed ending with a WS row. ...
that looks a bit, hmmm, shall we say unexpected. looks like those knitting instructions have been encrypted: knitting instructions in code…
an hour and several google searches later we manage to decode some of the instructions, some remain a mystery though — i end up ordering the knitter’s bible…somehow, this used to be easier (having a surname that starts with an ‘h’ and due to varying class sizes, i somehow always ended up in textile works instead of wood working or metal working back at school — so i did learn to knit, to sew, to do leather work, to operate a sewing machine, and my self-knitted socks were my pride and joy for years to come [until they really could not be saved any longer, as they were too disintegrated])
