Help!
Knitters, I have a problem.
A sock problem. My socks are, actually, just fine. The problem is that socks are all I knit. You may have noticed.
But lately I've been feeling guilty. You saw the swatch for the Ribby Cardi, and now there's this other yarn I've been meaning to get to. See, I have 4 balls of some Aurora 8 that looks like this. That may not be the exact color, but it's close enough. I originally bought this yarn to make the Irish Hiking Scarf, but I decided I didn't like it enough. Then I started ScWiNoNa.
The problem is this: the yarn is... boring. It is lovely squishy yarn, perfect for a scarf, and it is a beautiful color. But I can't think of anything to knit with it that won't end up looking boring. So this is where you come in, dear reader.
Do you know a fabulous pattern for a scarf? Reversible is great, but not required. And something not too boring.
In other news, I've been attending the Salem knitting group and met quite a few cool knitters. It's nice to have people to knit with again, even if it's only once a week. Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to get up to my Boston record of knitting groups 4-5 times a week, but that's probably for the best.
A sock problem. My socks are, actually, just fine. The problem is that socks are all I knit. You may have noticed.
But lately I've been feeling guilty. You saw the swatch for the Ribby Cardi, and now there's this other yarn I've been meaning to get to. See, I have 4 balls of some Aurora 8 that looks like this. That may not be the exact color, but it's close enough. I originally bought this yarn to make the Irish Hiking Scarf, but I decided I didn't like it enough. Then I started ScWiNoNa.
The problem is this: the yarn is... boring. It is lovely squishy yarn, perfect for a scarf, and it is a beautiful color. But I can't think of anything to knit with it that won't end up looking boring. So this is where you come in, dear reader.
Do you know a fabulous pattern for a scarf? Reversible is great, but not required. And something not too boring.
In other news, I've been attending the Salem knitting group and met quite a few cool knitters. It's nice to have people to knit with again, even if it's only once a week. Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to get up to my Boston record of knitting groups 4-5 times a week, but that's probably for the best.
Labels: not socks
posted by Unknown at
11:48 PM
9 Comments:
that really depends how much drama you want in the finished item (is that the part that you don't want to be boring) or in the knitting (or is that the part you don't want to be boring).
Some patterns I like are for dramatic cowls, which seem to be all the rage in high-street fashion right now, so here goes:
Aibhlinn, from Knitty
A dramatic, cabled cowl, from Blue Skys Alpaca:
A dramatic-looking scarf, in no way boring, is the Swiss Cheese one:
A hooded scarf, from Drops, that is almost a garment
I like the Yarn Harlot's One Row scarf that she used for a handspun yarn last year. It's easy to find on ravelry. Easy to memorize pattern (making it mindless enough for SnB), but still interesting enough that your mind doesn't begin to rot. Plus it's reversible.
Stariel, I am really sorry (and confused) about the fact that the links in my comments disappeared. -- How bizarre. Anyway, no use including them in another comment and having them disappear again -- just let me know by email, if you want them.
For geometric interest there is Kinetic from Fall 2008 Knitty. Of course, you'd need to make it normal scarf width to use just 4 skeins.
Or, for organic interest there is Backyard Leaves from Scarf Style. Also in Scarf Style, Forbes Forest and Campus Scarf lend textural interest to a solid color yarn.
The DNA scarf?
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dna-scarf
Isobel scarf? I really enjoyed making this one.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/isobel-2
I love the Pioneer Braid Scarf - and think it gives interest to "just plain solid yarn."
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pioneer-braid-scarf
Hey Stariel! Do you have a lot of litte balls of left over sock yarn? What about making little sweaters? That's as close as I'm ever going to make something with sleeves at the rate I'm going.
"This too shall pass." If you love knitting socks, keep on knitting socks and don't feel guilty about it neither!
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