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How the "Bread" is Made

So the U-900 characters will be on a sabbatical for a bit.  I am not happy with the way the arm looks so it has been removed, and I'm still perfecting how to improve it.  It is time to go back to something with a pattern.

I started working on another bologna sandwich.  I recently located the perfect recycled cotton yarn for a whole wheat slice of bread.  Multiple pieces are needed to made a slice of bread.  First I knit the two parts for the center of the bread.  Here they are:


Here are actually four pieces for two slices of bread
 See the hump on the top of each piece.  It is done with increases and decreases.  If I alternate the sides, the humps match up perfectly because increases tend to look slightly different from decreases.  Then there is the crust.  It is made with a darker yarn and is only four stitches.  The pattern calls for using a slip stitch at the start of each row.  The slipped stitch makes for very firm edges and makes attaching the centers of the bread to the crust that much easier.  Then there is a choice about how you stuff the slice.  I choose to use the smooth packing material that is easy to cut and quadruple it.  So this is how it looks before it is all put together:


The crust and stuffing
 I will show the final slice just as soon as I get it all put together.  And so here it is merely 24 hours later, now I just have to finish the other slice, the bologna and cheese.



Thanks little not-so-local yarn shop for having the perfect whole wheat bread yarn and the fact that it's recycled is an added bonus.
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  1. Grma Linda24 January 2012 at 08:29

    When you said "sausage", I was looking for a Sheboygan bratwurst. LOL (Linda B)

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  2. JFlag24 January 2012 at 21:11

    You're right, that was confusing so I changed the title to more accurately identify what I was talking about.

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