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Sushi's Done

So my 50% completed sushi project is now complete.  (There's happy, happy cheers going off in my head.)  It has been in process since, well to be honest I don't remember, but it has been a long time.  It was listed in my WIPs (works in progress) page in October and stood incomplete well before that time.  John had urged me to continue to be motivated in this type of food after the pork lo mein with noodles.  And thanks to his nudge, I finished the project this weekend.

This pattern is again from Susie Johns.  Part of the trick for the Maki is finding ribbon the right size, and I was not totally successful in this.  My ribbon is a bit too small or my rolls a bit too big, either way it isn't quite true to life Maki, but then any knitted food will have to take some license.  The centre of my Uramaki is a bit small, but the soy paper (ribbon) is perfect in size!  I'm not sure what the yellow centre is, perhaps yellowtail.  The Nigiri is topped with salmon and yellowtail, at least in my version.

Unlike Susie Johns' version I decided to add small plates (yes those really are meant to be plates) and a pair of chopsticks.  The plates are made using garter stitches three deep on the edges and stockinette in the centre.  And since I had the I-cord down, the chopsticks were made starting with four stitches then tapering to three and finally two stitches.  To give the chopsticks the stiffness they needed I slid bamboo skewers in each and cut them to the right size.  Inserting those skewers is really no small feat since the pointed tips like to get caught in the I-cord and pop out the other side.  Patience wins the day with this part of the project.  (It took me more time to insert the skewers than to knit the I-cord, just as a point of reference.)

And here it is, my knitted sushi:

My Nigiri, Maki and Uramaki on plates with chopsticks
John, they will be delivered tomorrow; perhaps a bit late for the real thing, but no problem with the knitted kind.


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  1. Unknown27 January 2013 at 15:06

    These are amazing Jan - you can sell them to Japanese restaurants!

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  2. JFlag27 January 2013 at 17:55

    Thanks for the vote of confidence. I need to perfect a few things first though.

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