A Tale of Two Scarves
Since the turn of the year I've been knitting here and there but not really finishing anything. Well, other than this scarf... I arranged a swap with someone to knit a long, skinny, dark red scarf. She picked the yarn and I was given full artistic license.
I tend to be very picky when knitting things and will gladly rip something out if it's not exactly what I want, but I think that tendency actually gets worse when I'm knitting for someone else. I started out making the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf pattern. I did a few triangles but the line caused by the decreases was bothering me, so I decided to try another style of decrease - I ripped back to the first triangle and started over, but the new and different lines made by the decreases were *still* bothering me. I ripped it out and started looking on Ravelry for a new pattern.
The problem here was similar to the one I posted about here - solid color yarn is "boring" and I didn't want to make someone a "boring" scarf. At the same time, I needed something pretty quick and easy. Once again Ravelry came to the rescue and I found a perfect pattern, and that is how my first finished item of 2009 ended up being a scarf. I can't even remember the last time I knit a scarf!
Yarn: Knit Picks Shine Worsted in Hollyberry
Pattern: One Row Handspun Scarf by the Yarn Harlot
Started: 1/1/09
Finished: 1/6/09
As for the second scarf... it hasn't been started yet, but I have two colors of Kureyon for the Noro Striped Scarf. Watch out socks!
Listening to: Parabol ~ Tool, Morning Star ~ Amorphis
I tend to be very picky when knitting things and will gladly rip something out if it's not exactly what I want, but I think that tendency actually gets worse when I'm knitting for someone else. I started out making the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf pattern. I did a few triangles but the line caused by the decreases was bothering me, so I decided to try another style of decrease - I ripped back to the first triangle and started over, but the new and different lines made by the decreases were *still* bothering me. I ripped it out and started looking on Ravelry for a new pattern.
The problem here was similar to the one I posted about here - solid color yarn is "boring" and I didn't want to make someone a "boring" scarf. At the same time, I needed something pretty quick and easy. Once again Ravelry came to the rescue and I found a perfect pattern, and that is how my first finished item of 2009 ended up being a scarf. I can't even remember the last time I knit a scarf!
Yarn: Knit Picks Shine Worsted in Hollyberry
Pattern: One Row Handspun Scarf by the Yarn Harlot
Started: 1/1/09
Finished: 1/6/09
As for the second scarf... it hasn't been started yet, but I have two colors of Kureyon for the Noro Striped Scarf. Watch out socks!
Listening to: Parabol ~ Tool, Morning Star ~ Amorphis
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9:45 PM
1 Comments:
Very nice! I had wondered how this scarf would look in a solid color (not enough to sort through all the projects on Ravelry...yet). It is lovely. It looks complicated too!
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