Jan 20 2008

pentagonical

Published by Mintyfresh at 9:26 am under 08 FOs, babies, toys

or dodecahedronical. (But since each piece is built off a pentagon, I’ve been thinking “pentagonical” for the past week.) This is in opposition to the “hexagonical” time I had with the skirt.

366.19 • and now for something fun (by mintyfreshflavor)

Celestine
First FO of 2008!
Yarn: Knit Picks Crayon, in blue and in green
Needles: US size 4 (3.5 mm)
Started: Saturday, Jan 12
Finished: Saturday, Jan 19
Notes: The pattern would make a much larger tree topper, but I wanted it baby-ish-sized (intending to give as a gift), so the base of each point is just 25 stitches. Also, the rate of decreasing would have made a much more rounded shape, and I wanted mine to come out on the pointy side, so I knit 6 rounds between decreases–and only decreased twice (once in the middle and on the last round). I cast on with blue, knit 1 round in blue, and then switched to 2 rounds green, 2 rounds blue.

Would I knit this again? I already am! Stay tuned for a new color combo . . .

Edited to Add (on March 25): Thanks to those who’ve come here via Whipup! To see the second toy, which was not a dodecahedron at all, go here.

11 Responses to “pentagonical”

  1. # Kristyon 20 Jan 2008 at 11:09 am

    Cute! Al those little soft points will make it a great toy :)

  2. # ambermoggieon 20 Jan 2008 at 11:42 am

    love this:)

  3. # jennieon 20 Jan 2008 at 11:45 am

    Oooh… tempting. I can just see a baby chewing on those points!

  4. # Julieon 20 Jan 2008 at 1:19 pm

    dodecahedron is one of my favorite words! :)

    how does this stay, like, 3-D? It looks like it’s being supported by some kind of understructure. Or does it squish?

    I’m fascinated by this project. And congrats on finishing this so well and so quickly!

  5. # schrodingeron 20 Jan 2008 at 1:30 pm

    Nice and grippy for baby, this is the second one I’ve seen, methinks it’s time to try it :)

  6. # Feed Dogon 20 Jan 2008 at 3:47 pm

    It reminds me of a virus or something under an electron microscope. (That’s not a bad thing!) In any case, cool.

  7. # Christabelon 21 Jan 2008 at 6:18 am

    Oh, how super-cool! What a great way to kick off the year.

  8. # Heatheron 21 Jan 2008 at 10:10 am

    What a fascinating shape, love it!

  9. # tiennieon 21 Jan 2008 at 10:45 pm

    How very cool!

  10. # Rachelon 29 Jan 2008 at 1:18 pm

    Do you still like Knitpicks Crayon? I seem to recall you ordered some at some point around the time I was raving about it on my blog for baby stuff. I still think it feels really nice, and I bet it makes this toy very soft and sweet.

    (By the way, it also makes good hat linings.)

  11. # MaryjoOon 25 Mar 2008 at 5:31 am

    Hello — I found you via Whip Up! I’m doing this in crochet first (for a monthly challenge) and have just started the crochet. I may come back to you for help when I try the knitted version~! What did you stuff yours with?

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