It's not just that I'm cheap. And for Pete's sake I'm in graduate school and am living off of loan money so I seriously need to be cheap. It's also that I don't understand why a PDF should cost that much money.
Those 1 out of 10 times when there is no better alternative I get super disappointed. But I haven't given in yet and I am damn stubborn, so I'm thinking I'll hold out until my pattern-making skills catch up to my desires. My inner biologist is obsessed with realistic animal stuffed animals (like this iguana) on PlanetJune and by jove one day I will make my own.
Just this week I was riding home from school and sat next to a lady knitting something itty bitty, so I asked what she was making. She told me all about these little stuffed hexagons (or "hexipuffs") she was making from scraps and how they very neatly get put together to make a puffy little quilt. I have tons of scraps! and I love projects I can do in class or on the train! Perfect!
But then I came home and found it on Ravelry and realized that the very cute Beekeeper's Quilt pattern costs $5.50. I got very grumpy and spent two days mulling over whether it was worth buying it. Was this pattern really worth caving in for? And seriously, over $5?! It's very small and simple. Plus from what I read on the few blog posts I read (there are hundreds) many people ended up modifying the cast on, the increase/decrease, or the bind off. I'm definitely not paying it if I'm going to have to change it anyways.
So my decision was made- I was going to make it up. And if I'm making it up then I can change it! So I made mine a little bigger so that I can make fewer of them. Because 450 of those little buggers for just a lap blanket is insanity. It should be easily changeable for those who want to make it smaller or bigger.
