Wednesday, April 9, 2008

It's a Scarf! No, a Blanket! No, a Scarf!

Okay, aside from this yarn not telling me what it was until *after* it was knitted, this was pretty straightforward. I didn't like the yarn knitted together (my original scarf idea), so I knitted blocks. But I found that I had less yarn than I thought, and only got 5 blocks in two colors. Not even superior powers of geometry could let me make that into a symmetrical arrangement that I liked (I'm big on symmetry. Someday I'll tell you about frogging a zillion rows of cable because it didn't mirror the one on the other side...) Anyway, as it turned out, sewing all the blocks together in one long strip? Makes a scarf.
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Yes, Woats was surprised, too.
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And thanks to carrying it around during all the sewing-together and keenly observing reactions to it? I even know who I was making it for. I love it when a plan comes together! (This wasn't it, but I do love it when it happens!)

3 comments:

  1. And somebody will be very happy when it comes!

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  2. Appropriately Spring-ish colors, too. I'm sure the giftee will be pleased.

    A belated thanks for the link to my row-marker chain. I was off-line for a few days. Then it took me a couple more to figure out why I kept getting hits from your blog.

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  3. Ha! Ha! I think there's always room for a little "interpretive" knitting--blanket/scarf--it's all rectangles. :)

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