You'll never see things the same way

When I go shopping or see people’s clothes and bags I never look at them as I used to. Now when I see something instead of thinking ‘ohh, I like that’, I look and say ‘ohh, I wonder how you make that!’ I look at the little details and try to figure out how I can replicate it. I got the idea for the next scarf I made from a cardigan that my niece had. I liked the pattern of the knitting so I had my mum have a look and try to figure out how I could knit it. Not sure that it reproduced exactly as I had seen it but I loved the pattern none-the-less. I made this scarf, in November, for my sister-in-law’s Christmas present and couldn’t wait to give it to her. I had originally looked for chunky charcoal grey wool, but I couldn’t find any that I liked and when I did find some it was really itchy, which isn’t good for a scarf (not very snugly). So in the end I got, what I thought, was black and grey flecky wool, but the more I knitted the more I thought it’s more blue and black.


Scarf modelled by the lovely Lou (my sister-in-law)
(I had forgotten to take a picture when I made it)

Scarf info:
Sirdar Denim Chunky Shade 644
8mm needles
31 stitches
row 1: k1, p1 rep to end of row
row 2: p1, k1 rep to end
row 3: p1, k1 rep to end
row 4: k1, p1 rep to end
Repeat rows 1-4 until scarf is desired length.
Add tassels

My first knitting project

I started by practicing purl and knit stitches on some cheap wool and then played around with doing a rib stitch. Once I was happy with that I started my first project, a simple scarf. I made a rib scarf out of chunky wool. I used needles that were too small for the wool so it's quite a tight rib but for a first try, making it up as I went, I thought I did quite well. Whilst watching films (ones I had seen before) I would pick up my knitting. As my first project I couldn’t put it down and could often be found knitting late into the night.
I wasn’t making the scarf for anyone particular but when one of my sisters saw it she decided she wanted it as her birthday present (Oct 2009). And so it began, nearly everything I have made since has been given away as presents, hence I have taken pictures of everything so I had some evidence that I have actually made anything.


Scarf Info:
Robin Super Chunky Shade 1306
8mm needles (should have been 9mm)

30stitches
row 1: k
row 2: k
row 3: p
row 4: p
repeat for rows 5-8
row 9 onwards: k2 p2
When scarf is required length repeat rows 1-8
Add tassels by wrapping wool around a CD case three times. Cut and pull through knitting with a crochet hook.