Commission: yarmulke by StarTyrian

Knitting commission -- a purple and black kippah/yarmulke. I decided to get fancy and start with a Latvian braid edge; by the time I realized Latvian braid is hell to do on anything bigger than a mitten cuff, I was in Shonen Retard mode and couldn't back down.

SexxiVexxi Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2009 Student Artisan Crafter

OMG!!!

thank you thank you thank you!!! ^^

StarTyrian Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2009

Right on, glad you like it!

SexxiVexxi Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2009 Student Artisan Crafter

like it? ^^ i love it! 8D you did an awesome job^^ that really made my day

StarTyrian Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2009

*happy dance!*

SexxiVexxi Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2009 Student Artisan Crafter

*hugs you*^^ you dont know how happy you made me

StarTyrian Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2009

Aww. ^_^ When you get it, I'd love to see a pic of you wearing it. I like to see my knits in use.

SexxiVexxi Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2009 Student Artisan Crafter

okies

you got it ^^ its a deal^^...

^^ thank you again

strongsight Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2009 Professional Photographer

The braid is amazing! Any other pictures, a side view perhaps? Did you start out and go in?

StarTyrian Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2009

Ah, no, I was sorta hasty with the picture taking and didn't get a side view. Here's the tutorial I used though, so you can see how it works:

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What you can't see in the tutorial is that on the first row, every stitch puts a twist in the yarns. Not a big deal on, say, a 36-stitch mitten cuff; hugely annoying on a 120-stitch hat. o_O

strongsight Featured By Owner Jul 18, 2009 Professional Photographer

What an interesting border! I have to thank you for showing me that site and let you know that you may have just saved my knitting career! haha!

StarTyrian Featured By Owner Jul 20, 2009

Cool, glad it helped!

Yonaka-Yamako Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2009

Total shiznit! Way mass saweet. I crocheted a couple dozen yarmulke. Never tried to knit one. This is cool.

StarTyrian Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2009

Thanks! ^_^

AngelGunBoy Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2009

that's a mitzvah, right there. no shit.

StarTyrian Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2009

^_^

FrostedSwitchblade Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2009

Holy shit. You knitted a yarmulke. There is something indescribably cool about that.

StarTyrian Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2009

Well, it was a commission, so technically it wasn't my idea.

The tricky thing was that the internet is full of crocheted kippot for sale, which are labeled 'knit yarmulke many patterns', and thus swamp the search results for knitting patterns. I ended up just figuring it out by trial and error.