I cannot control the vagaries of my blog template messing with the appearance of the comment box (aptly dubbed ‘Schroedinger’s comment box’ by the lovely and gifted Asherah!) or the placement of said comment box if it does show up, but I can control my knitting!
So yes, I have what is shaping up to be a lovely loosely knit scarf, and roughly a third of my skein left. I suspect I will be making a run to Ariadne to pick up another skein because I want this scarf to go ’round my neck twice. Although I’ll knit to the end of this one and then decide. If it will do as-is (i.e. crosses over in the front even if only barely to cover my neck), then it will do. I can always knit another one after Christmas and graft them in the middle if I want to.
I also have two more projects lined up, both requests! Bodhifox needs a hat, and HRH needs a scarf, both of which require me to purl. But after mastering yarn overs while test-running the faggot lace pattern I suspect purling will now be so much easier, as I’ve got the bring-the-yarn-to-the-front thing down pat now.
The boy went down for his nap half an hour ago. I should pull out the laptop and try to get a page or so of Orchestrated done. I’m just so tired, though. Being even a little sick does that to me (thanks, fibro). And then there is Terry’s arrangement of Carol of the Bells for four cellos that Guanaco sent me this morning (thanks, guys!) that I’m itching to mess with.
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No need to learn to purl! Knit the scarf in the round for extra warmth and thickness! Then attach the tube sides together with tassels!
It’s funny, most beginner projects for crochet teach how to do a back-and-forth, which is actually quite difficult as it’s often hard to see where your final stitch should be. Crocheting in the round is MUCH easier. Just round and round and round until you stop.
Oh, that’s how I’d do the thick scarf, too, the way Phnee did with Bodhifox’s scarf: a tube flattened at the ends and knotted with fringe. The hat has a Real Pattern, though, and it starts with ribbing for a handful of rows before turning into plain knit stitch (yay, knit stitch!).
*blush*