Long story short, some very nice co-workers chipped in and bought me a stupendous gift certificate to a mouth-watering wool shop last summer. I decided that, as we were a mapping institution, a very fitting thing to make with this present was.... a map blanket. I found, to my surprise, a pattern in the shangri la of all knitting pattern databases: Ravelry, that had already been designed for such a thing. I was well pleased. I printed it out - and stared at it. The map was, um, horribly inaccurate. My cartographic sensitivities could not bear the thought of knitting two Alaskas, or omitting several Pacific Islands, or a Canada with no New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland... SO, using the stitch math already worked out for me, I made a chart of my own using a world map in the Miller projection as a guide.
I look forward to beginning Europe... look for an update in several months on that front...
How very exciting to see this in progress! It will be the ultimate world map blanket.
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Leann G
4/24/2012 10:05:05 am
Oh my! This is quite the exciting little number! I will be checking back for updates undoubtably with uncontrollable excitement. You see, I too love maps (although maybe not as much as you). xo
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Morgan
6/29/2012 03:15:50 am
this is amazing!! i didn't know you had added this beast to your steady assembly of DIY projects x
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M Saumure
12/19/2012 09:57:50 pm
Wow, WOW ! It's always astonishing to see the size of land masses in the Miller projection. So are you working this from south to north? It's difficult to tell in your photo. What a fabulous project!
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Luce
12/19/2012 10:08:30 pm
It is indeed! I have made so much more progress on it since - these pictures are ancient indeed. What with the summer season, I got distracted completely and didn't update it as I should have. I am working it from Antarctica upwards and literally only have about 20 more rows to do! It has taken an age, but SUCH a fun project!