KPC Module Two: Unit 8

During Unit 8, we continued our exploration of some of our own personal triggers – this time looking at our own prejudices and how the things we struggle with could affect us during a counselling session.

We were invited to consider the ways in which we might judge people, and the sorts of things which might trigger such judgement – such things might include colour, race, religion, sexuality, or even personal hygiene! We thought about how we might feel in a counselling setting and finding ourselves faced with a person who triggered such a response in us, and then how we would cope in that situation.

I decided to represent the ideas of pre-judging people, and the ways in which we sometimes segregate people, by creating a box in my pattern, and putting two individual stitches in a different colour inside that box. This represents the way in which we can sometimes pre-judge (put them into some kind of mental box) people on the basis of some aspect of their physical, mental or cultural appearance.

Tech details:

No chart this week, but I’m continuing following the basic structure of the FYA Clue 2B section I’m currently knitting:

RS: K to 3sts before end, yo, K3.
WS: K3, P to 3sts before gap, turn.

To create the box, I made a 15st lateral braid on the first RS row. Then, on the subsequent 7 rows, at each end of the braid, I worked a twisted st, so the box pattern looked as follows:

WS: P tbl (through back loop), K 13 st, P tbl.
RS: K tbl, P 13 st, K tbl.

On the final RS row, I completed the box by working a second lateral braid.

On the middle row of the box, I worked 2 stitches in an alternate colour, as shown in the picture. I then oversewed these two stitches several times to secure the yarn, and to highlight the stitches, making them stand out more in the final pattern.

Oh, and I’m still using Ysolda’s wrapless short row technique.