Monday, January 09, 2006
kinky scarf
Well, I guess I am still computer illiterate, as Friday's post proved. But that's okay, because, gosh darn it, I'm "spicy yet dependable!"
I have been working on the Airy Scarf pattern from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts for the last couple days. It's my first attempt at lace knitting, and is truly frightening. I've read enough to know that lace is supposed to look all kinky and curly and messed up while you're knitting it, but will show it's true process during the blocking process. I hope that's the case because this thing is a mess! Just look at it!
The pattern is easy old garter stitch (I just can't seem to get away from it!), with some yarn overs and knit two togethers every few rows. But I am quite nervous about the blocking process, which I've never done before. How many before and after shots have I seen of blocked projects on the knit blogs I frequent, yet I really have no faith that it will work. I just know that I will lay out my carefully pinned and blocked scarf only to come back to the same jumbled up lace the next day!
Sigh. Knitting is definitely an act of faith. Pictures of finished project soon.
I have been working on the Airy Scarf pattern from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts for the last couple days. It's my first attempt at lace knitting, and is truly frightening. I've read enough to know that lace is supposed to look all kinky and curly and messed up while you're knitting it, but will show it's true process during the blocking process. I hope that's the case because this thing is a mess! Just look at it!
The pattern is easy old garter stitch (I just can't seem to get away from it!), with some yarn overs and knit two togethers every few rows. But I am quite nervous about the blocking process, which I've never done before. How many before and after shots have I seen of blocked projects on the knit blogs I frequent, yet I really have no faith that it will work. I just know that I will lay out my carefully pinned and blocked scarf only to come back to the same jumbled up lace the next day!
Sigh. Knitting is definitely an act of faith. Pictures of finished project soon.
# posted by katie @ 8:17 PM 
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