… and guess what? My pattern is in there!

Actually, I’m kidding. It’s not mine as in a pattern I wrote. But it’s a skirt design that’s been in my head for a couple of years now. I even test knit a beanie using the same sideways knit short row idea, which I called the Wedgie Beanie.

But some brilliant designer has come up with exactly the same idea – the Sidewinder Skirt. Which doesn’t bother me in the slightest – I’m delighted! Now I don’t have to go to all the work and math and frogging and reknitting of coming up with my own. It’s like having my own personal pattern designer!

Of the other patterns in Fall 2008 Knitty, I love Twist + Shout (though I’d eliminate the gap at the lower front – I never have understood why anyone would want a garment to look as if it was falling open around a bulge, even when it wasn’t), Camden (without the sleeve removability), Retrofit (doesn’t have to be for a man, does it?) and Opart (doesn’t have to be for a baby, does it?).

Hug, on the other hand, is way creepy. Especially in the pic with the baby. Shudder.