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Family Knitting Update

nobody@vox.com(Mollie) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:12:53 -0700

Well, look at what a great knitting instructor I am. My brother has gone and knitted a baby hat:

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A Scarf by Request

nobody@vox.com(Mollie) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:24:01 -0700

A Scarf Askew - 4

This was knitted for a friend's husband, T., who asked if I would knit him a scarf. After several emails back and forth, we decided on an A Scarf Askew. They picked out the yarn and mailed it to me. It was kind of fun to have someone just send me yarn to knit with.

Cascade Ecological Wool

They chose Cascade Ecological Wool, the yarn recommended by the pattern, in colorway #8063. This was the first time I'd ever knit with this yarn. It was nice. You can definitely tell it's wool, but it's not as scratchy as I thought it was going to be. The really nice thing about it is that there is tons of yardage in a skein of this stuff. I think it's something like 478 yards. The scarf was knit on size 8 needles as called for in the pattern. I really like this pattern. I think it's very elegant in its simplicity. I also think that it could almost be reversible because I like the back of the pattern almost as much as I like the front of it.

A Scarf Askew - 2

The only issue with it is that because it's bascially stockinette stitch with some strategically placed purls, it curls like mad. Here is a pre-blocking picture of the scarf where you can see how badly it's curled, and even in the post blocking picture above, you can see that the edges still want to curl over a little bit.

A Scarf Askew - 5

The only pattern modification that I made was to skip the tassles. I got the scarf to the specified pattern length and decided that it would not be long enough to wear in the way that T. wants to wear it. Plus, I think the garter stitch edge that the tassles would have been attached to looks nice just as it is.

A Scarf Askew - 3

I ended up just knitting the entire skein for this scarf which made it very long. The scarf was much longer after blocking than I had anticipated. In fact, I had to block it in my upstairs hallway because that was the only place that I could find enough floor space to lay it out flat.

A Scarf Askew - 6

As you can see, the scarf would be too long for me, but T. is several inches taller than me, so hopefully it won't be too long for him. And yes, I realize this whole getting the scarf too long thing has become a trend for me.

A Scarf Askew - 1

City View

nobody@vox.com(david) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:42:45 -0700

the stevedroid

nobody@vox.com(david) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:21:49 -0700

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Adriana's New Office

nobody@vox.com(david) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:18:26 -0700

The Iron Giant is moving

nobody@vox.com(david) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:45:21 -0700

Chevron Scarf Completed - 4

Not Your Cheerleader's Chevron

nobody@vox.com(Mollie) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:51:45 -0700

I might not have made this scarf had I not seen the picture. The term "chevron" always makes me think of cheerleaders. Not that there is anything wrong with cheerleaders, I was one a long, long time ago, but I'm a bit old and square to try to dress like one now. This is a very popular scarf pattern from the book Last Minute Knitted Gifts.

Chevron Scarf Completed - 1

I knitted this on size 5 needles using medium weight Socks that Rock from Blue Moon Fiber Arts in the Lemongrass and Rolling Stone colorways. I started the scarf with the Rolling Stone colorway, but I wish that I would have started with the Lemongrass. Because of the knitting pattern, one of the colorways is more visiable than the other. The way I made the scarf the Lemongrass is the more prominent colorway. I would have liked for the Rolling Stone to be the more prominent colorway.

Chevron Scarf Completed - 2

I used almost all of both skeins of yarn, so this scarf is LONG. Even a little too long for my tastes, but I'll be gifting this one to someone who is a bit taller than I am, so hopefully it will be an appropriate length for her. This pattern is simple, but very time consuming and a little boring since it's made with a lightweight yarn. I have two more colorways of this yarn that I'm going to make myself a chevron scarf with, but I'll be taking a little break and working on other projects before I start the second one.

Adriana's new desk.

nobody@vox.com(david) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:24:14 -0700