Because I've got three new ones! One was finished yesterday, one last week, and one last month, but they're all getting piled into one post because, well, I don't know. I'm pretty sure I already mentioned that I had finally finished my So-Called Scarf a few weeks back, but I hadn't taken any photos because the weather was dreary and I wanted them to be good. Well, it was sunny on Saturday, but you wouldn't know it from the photos, so the weather thing was a pretty poor excuse. Here she is:
Project Stats: So-Called Scarf
Yarn: 2 skeins (exactly) of Manos, colorway long-since forgotten
Pattern: Here
Needles: Size 11 Clover bamboo
Time to completion: 8.10.06 -1.30.07
Impressions: This scarf was a killer. I'm a pretty tight knitter and the stitch pattern + needle size I chose really hurt my hands, such that I couldn't knit very much of this at a time. I actually worked on it fairly consistently since I started it, but it still took forever. A larger needle size would have been a good move but by the time I worked that out I was too invested in what I had done to rip it all out. I'm also a bit unhappy about the patterning seen in the second skein (on the right, note zig-zags). I've never seen Manos do this, but this is the first scarf I've made with it, so maybe it's not atypical. It's not that the pattern isn't cool, because it is, but it bugs me that it doesn't match the first half of the scarf. That said, it's soft, and I love the purples, and I'm quite happy with this one! Here's a close-up of the stitch pattern, sorry it's a bit blurry...
I also made this lovely creation, in recycled sari silk:
Last, and certainly least, I finally finished this debacle:
Oh the eyelash! Oh the yarn with flags sticking out! The humanity! Honestly I'm embarrassed to even be posting this creation. And to admit that I think it's kind of pretty, in a "man, that's a lot of fuzzy" kind of way...Project Stats: Fuzzy spring scarf
Yarn: Frou Frou (Adriafil) and Eyelash (Trendsetter)
Pattern: Ha, don't need no stinking pattern! It's garter stitch, if you must know. I think I might have started it before I knew how to purl!
Needles: Bamboo size 9s, and maybe 10.5s (see below)
Time to knit: Almost two years (I think it was in style when I started)
Impressions: Hehe. So, as mentioned, it took me a long time to knit this, mostly because it was something I left at work to knit at lunch, and if there was ANYTHING else to knit I avoided it like the plague. When I started it, fluffy eyelash scarves were very much in style, and I was a new knitter. Those are my excuses and I'm sticking to them. That said it's actually a very pretty colored scarf, although I doubt I'll ever wear it. Maybe I'll gift it someday, we'll see. As to to needle comment above...I'm not sure how this happened, but at one point I was knitting this with one size 9 needle and one size 10.5. I didn't notice for quite awhile, so there is a bit of a bulge in the middle somewhere, not that you'd notice with that much fluffiness! I think I was working on something else and the needles just got mixed up. No real harm done, right?
5 comments:
Pretty scarves!
Wow! I had not seen the sari silk after the second skein, it actually turned out well and looks bright and pretty :)
I am starting to feel sorry for the poor maligned fuzzy spring scarf, which has been a much mocked but consistent companion over lunch. In its defense, it was photographed against gray - if it was on green leaves it would look pretty too!
I like the scarves, especially the purple one. love, mom
I'm just impressed that you really are knittting from your stash and finishing projects. You are my hero!
My feelings exactly on the So Called Scarf - I love the pattern but it hates my hands! I started a scarf a year ago and haven't picked it up since. *sigh* I'll just admire yours!
BTW - Thanks for visiting my blog!
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