I cast on my Herbivore as an antidote to the Herringbone Rib Socks. I needed something colourful to lift my spirits, and a project that would be swiftly completed. I also needed to use up some sock yarn stash.
Pattern: Herbivore by Stephen West
Yarn: Zitron Trekking Hand Art in Tundra
Notes: A simple pattern, with far too many stitch markers.
Ravelry Project: Capsicum
Herbivore is a good unisex pattern. The strong clean lines of it would appeal to most men and it really doesn’t look too much like a shawl. It shouldn’t put too many husbands off… call it a neckerchief and they may be sold on it… For the rest of us, that shape should sit nicely — whichever way round we choose to wear it.
I dispensed with the stitch markers after a couple of rows, and settled for reading my knitting instead. Much faster! I knitted the whole thing on straight needles — it got a little bunchy right towards the end, but nothing too unwieldy and I was never tempted to swap to circulars. Good TV knitting, I’d say.
I would make this again. A softer yarn, no nylon content, and a quieter colour… semi-solid, maybe. Green, perhaps.