Sometimes when you think about something too much, it takes on a life of its own and becomes connected to way more things than it should. Such is the case with the knitting stitch “dry bones cable.” Now I can see why it was included in the Found Poetry of Knitting Stitches, it has a very intriguing name. The stitch itself could have a bit more to it. Here it is from the Knittingfool site.
OK maybe it looks a little like a “Jolly Roger.” This image came first to mind when I heard the name. I thought of ghost ships and pirates – Davy Jones Locker and all! Here is the best I could do for a pirate ship. It’s a tourist boat down at harbour front. I was hoping to get the beached boat on the QEW for the post – but, well I posted what happened that day – and so another day – another pirate ship!! Life should be so interesting 🙂
Here’s a close up with something that looks more like the stitch. The resemblance is in the rigging or maybe it’s the sail – I’m not sure, I was too busy admiring Johnny Depp to learn much about tall ships.
PS – gotta love that sky!!! Makes you just want to sail away!! So here we go…..
More on Dry Bones Cable in next post.
Take a vacation today!!!