Free Pattern: Celestine from Berroco (by Norah Gaughan)   Yarn: Assorted different sock yarns    Needles: US #2

Can you say dodecahedron?  I couldn't.  In fact, it was embarrassing when my husband corrected me.  But he was quite interested in the pattern when he saw it printed out and when it was completed.  He even pulled an old astronomy book off his shelf to show me how it relates to his hobby (he's an amateur and at this point I have no idea how it relates to astronomy).  I had a bunch of fun making this up.  The construction spoke to my love of almost all things modular.  I say "almost all things" in the event I come across something that doesn't ring my bell but speaking in general I love knitting one piece onto another and building something totally unexpected.  Maybe is has to do with the fact that I live with an architect and that I work in the architecture profession--you know, all those buildings that get put together piece by piece must have an effect on me.

So about Celestine, I saw Norah's post right before Christmas and knew I would have to make one.  Going through this process helped bring me out of my post holiday funk that creeps up on me from year to year.  It was like taking a dose of Prozac (although I have no experience to truly make this analogy).  I had no idea I had so many different skeins of sock yarn that would actually coordinate either.  Now I'm trying to figure out if I want to make a pair of socks that match the star.  Hmmmm...

So Gumby is now done.  I finished the duplicate stitch last night and it still looks like cr_p!.  Its a little better than my first attempt but I can't say I'm sold with this type of embellishment/color work.  Click here for the chart.