Scarves grow on trees, don't they? The black one I knit up for my dad. It's knit on the diagonal, based on Michele's Holy Bias Scarf (Thanks again for writing up the pattern for me!!). I wanted something that wouldn't irritate his sensitive skin. This stuff is 100% soybeans and it drapes beautifully. I'll be using it again, I'm sure. It would make a very pretty little knitted top. Hmmm...
The orange one hasn't been packed off to its owner yet. I saw the pattern on Knitty a couple of years ago and never got around to it. I had put the yarn aside for a certain someone and was hunting around for the right pattern and then I remembered Wavy. It's super snuggly. I'd rather give [Name withheld so as to not ruin the surprise] a hug, in person, but a hand knitted scarf will have to do.
Look! In the background! It's BAD DOG trying to make an escape under the gate! There's just enough clearance for her to burrow out. She's already been maced by our postal carrier once. Not that she's learned her lesson;( Bad and not so smart.
And while I enjoy a good mindless chat at the park and not have to bother counting rows kind of project, it's time for something a little more challenging. The very beginning of my first pair of fingerless mitts. I had to learn a cable cast on and how to wrestle with double-pointed needles for this one. And while I've knit up little swatches with cables, I've never actually used cables in a project before. Little red fingerless mitts! For my freezin' fingers. Although this afternoon, I must admit to sunning myself on the patio, stripped down to my undies and a t-shirt. Apologies to all of you experiencing a more authentic sort of winter weather.
You can probably get a good louse powder is you are feeling that 'knitty'
Posted by: mater | January 02, 2008 at 06:40 AM
I'm jealous of your father, so where can I get that diagonal pattern again? And is it going to make my brain bleed... knitting on a diagonal?
Posted by: water | January 05, 2008 at 03:37 PM
I like what you did with the bias scarf.
Posted by: rawedges | January 12, 2008 at 02:33 PM