Back in November, when I was visiting the far, chill reaches of Connecticut, my not-actually-Aunt B. expressed an interest in my knitting; naturally, I offered to make her something. I took her to my mother’s LYS (local yarn store, for those not familiar with knitters’ argot) and let her choose a yarn. She, of course, chose the scratchiest wool she could find in the brightest color available. I chose the pattern – Wavy, from Knitty. As previously discussed here, I had to adjust for the bulkiness of my chosen yarn, so each row has 24 stitches instead of the 42 originally called for.
I knit it in a very tight gauge on size 9 needles.
The patternmaker recommends using a row counter, to which I cockily said “Bah!” Then I put the scarf down for a few weeks (maybe months) without marking which row I was on, and when I picked it up again, I had a hellish experience trying to figure out where I was in the pattern. I was thoroughly chastened (and also drinking heavily) by the time I received a row counter in the mail from my friend S.B., which I used faithfully from then on.
It’s for an ankle-length coat. Think it’s long enough?
(Don’t say no. I already bound off.)
Ellen Bloom said,
February 15, 2007 @ 11:50 am
The Wavy Scarf is gorgeous! I’ve seen it in person.
Love your hairy face, by the way. How DO you get your eyebrows to grow sooooo long?
Sachi said,
February 15, 2007 @ 11:51 am
I think it looks just fine. If you want to add length, find fringe. But I think it’s fine.
uccellina said,
February 15, 2007 @ 11:54 am
Ellen – I’m Russian. We’re born that way.
Sachi – I considered fringe, but decided against it.
Andree said,
February 15, 2007 @ 12:14 pm
Very nice….
MonkeyGurrl said,
February 15, 2007 @ 1:02 pm
HAH. Ellen. What a jokester!
I’m so happy for you to be done with wavy. I think it could use another 6″ on either side, but hey, what the heck do I know?!
Btw, NICE cleavage!
miss kendra said,
February 15, 2007 @ 1:06 pm
i think it’s lovely just the way it is.
mom said,
February 15, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
Hooray! Don’t fringe it. Looks wonderful. She’ll love it.
I have started a red scarf of my own but I can’t get past the first ten rows without ripping it out due to WEIRD MISTAKES.
knittingtroll said,
February 15, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
The yarn is pretty – too bad it’s scratchy and it should be plenty long. Now I want to knit one…
desiknitter said,
February 15, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
It’s beautiful! Definitely long enough, but very sassy.
desiknitter said,
February 15, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
Should have said, “and very sassy.”
from away said,
February 15, 2007 @ 8:56 pm
Nice!
I’ve used that yarn for hats. Steel wool might be softer.
Frank said,
February 16, 2007 @ 7:51 am
It’s lovely! I was wondering why you weren’t working on it last night. I can’t wait to make my own. Although I’m going to pass on the steel wool… ;o)
Hyphen said,
February 16, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Its pretty. 🙂
So you have a month to teach me to knit you know.
😉
husband said,
February 16, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
Now maybe you can finish my sweater?
malla said,
February 17, 2007 @ 8:09 am
Hallo. I´m new here at wordpress and it´s a lot of thing I don´t understand yet. At the moment I´m travelling in Peru – and I want to put fotos on my blog. Maybe you can help me? How can I get the fotos smaller on the page? When I tried it only appeard as a really big one.. Thank you very much in advance. Maria
blessed1 said,
February 17, 2007 @ 8:20 am
I have the same question as the person above about the photos being so perfect
instead of perfectly large.
also….love the scarf. You’re very talented!!
uccellina said,
February 17, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
Malla and Blessed – it’s a Flickr thing. I don’t know how you’re doing your photo hosting, so I can’t really answer your question. Try the WordPress forums.
Thanks for the compliments!