Not So Ubiquitous Chair Anymore

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If I have any regular readers, he may remember my “EZ Does It” post where I wrote about Elizabeth Zimmermann who encouraged knitters to bushwhack their own trail through the craft.  London knitter and design student Yuvinia Yuhadi, through the magic of Ravelry, her wonderful pattern and her own knitted chair cover blog, has encouraged me to create a covering for one of those plastic chairs that have popped up everywhere.  This NY Times photo essay by Todd Heisler shows just how internationally ubiquitous the chairs have become.  But no one has a chair like mine.

I tried to imagine my grandmother’s old chenille bedspread as I designed this, using Sirdar Bigga yarn.  Twenty three skeins of Bigga in all.  There is garter stitch, reverse garter stitch, bowtie stitch (also know as buttonhole stitch), slip stitch bricks, bobbles galore, tube stitch (including with embedded bobbles), salt and pepper work, and even nice deep welts.  I could not be more pleased at how it turned out.  Thank you Yuvinia!

This chair is going to find a permanent home in my bedroom at the Long Lake house.

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If there are any Cat Whisperers out there who can teach me the calm, assertive energy I need to keep my cat  Hoover off the chair until I take it up north, I’d welcome  your advice.  I’ve surrendered.  The chair is locked in a closet.  Every few hours I open the door and I am amazed, again, that Yuvee thought of this.

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10 thoughts on “Not So Ubiquitous Chair Anymore

  1. Pingback: Gram’s Chenille Bedspread Chair Cover « The Knitted Chairs

  2. Thanks so much for your comments on my chair cover. The pattern is designed by Yuvinia Yuhadi–you can follow the links on my blog to her web site, where the pattern is available free. It doesn’t include my bricks and bobbles and colors, etc–but she gives the basic pattern and then you can customize it anyway you like.

  3. Please can you tell me where I can buy the very chunky yarn from. Thankyou in anticipation.

  4. @ Steve…I googled “Sirdar Bigga” on 8/23/10 an the first thing that came up is littleknits.com–that’s where I bought mine. Good news–at the moment they have it 50% off. Bargainyarns has a few colors also. Possibly, this super bulky has been discontinued..not sure about that.

  5. A beautiful work of art! Thank you for sharing this lovely design. It has inspired me to try one sometime in the future.

  6. O DEAR! I dont see your pattern. Nor am I able to download the the original PDF from the link. It doesnt work. Would you be kind enough to email me the original PDF, and a copy of your pattern,(if you dont mind sharing, that is), XXX? I’ll be grateful.
    Warm Regards
    Anita Bhatia
    India

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