My beloved one hates to see me knitting; but he loves ties (he is a collar and tie sort of man) and pink. So last Christmas I decided to overcome his repulsion to kitting and knitwear by making him a pink tie.

I began searching for a nice pattern but the problem was that knitted ties are usually hideous: they are pointless, in garter, rib or seed stitch and they are flimsy. I think all the intended recipients only wear them once out of respect for the knitter. I did not want to waste my efforts on something that would sit in the closet unused.

After much thinking I decided that a two layered tie would do for the flimsiness; now I just had to find a solution for the point. The solution actually found me when I was browsing an old women magazine that belongs to my mom: there was a tie smartly knit on the bias to create the point. The tie was knit double in length and then folded and sewn. The idea was great, but I thought circular knitting would do a much refined job, and I wouldn’t have to sew a 5ft-long object on two sides!