Knitting letters is similar to stitching alphabets in traditional samplers and cross-stitch embroidery. The catch is that the "pixels" are rectangular, not square. Helvetica, a typographic classic, renders well in knits because it is bold and sans-serifs.
If, in the 70s, I could be a champion at rendering fonts in pencil, I figured i could transfer that skill to knitting.
Here's my latest creation, a warm solution for the hair-free, requested by my clever neighbor, Marc.
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As Marc says, this cap stops people from wondering why he is wearing his
hat indoors. Plus, the fiber is super soft Berrocco Ultra Light Alpaca. |
When I chart my pattern, my process is utterly low-tech, as shown below. Sometimes I have also been known to hold up graph paper and trace from my Mac or iPod computer screen after I have enlarged or reduced text.
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The completed hat |
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Here's a hat for Marty, a Collegetown business owner., during a time when he really needed it. |
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