The pattern can be seen in the relationship between wolves and deer, where humans decimated wolf populations resulting in over-grazed river banks. This over-grazing in turn displaced insect populations, so the fish and amphibians dependent on these food sources disappeared too. The absence of plants and grasses lead to erosion, and the whole ecosystem went right out the window. In short: don't mess with biodiversity.
This yarn was interesting to work with. It consists of four strands of thread held together, so initially I thought it would be too splity to work with. It wasn't. In fact it worked up very smoothly. The cotton/nylon blend has a nice sheen with subtle puffs of lighter greens over the darker olive drabs.
The piece starts with garter stitch rows in a single direction chase, then one side terminates while the other side maxes out, then the maxed side spills over into both sides. I wonder if I could take this biodiversity concept further in terms of knitted construction and color. It would be interesting to incorporate disintegration somehow.
That looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks Christina! I'm definitely gonna be on the lookout for this color now.
ReplyDeleteDisintegration might be suggested by the use of dropped stiches, randomly placed. Some allowed to break through the edges and some stopped at different points. Or even skipping stitches and binding off in short lengths instead of knitting, then casting on in the return row to suggest holes.
ReplyDeleteAs it is though, it's a beautiful piece.
Thanks Larry, those are great suggestions. Some drop stitch (or re-cast-on) openness would actually look nice in terms of bordering.
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