I finished the red scarf, and I mean finished, this time! Those ends are dangling no more.This is it blocking. When I stopped knitting, I held it up to Elaine and it was just about as tall as she is. But, a quick soak and stretch (and it's not really stretched, just flattened) and it's a foot longer at least!
It's the centre pattern of a scarf from Victorian Lace Today, and a sawtooth edging from Jan Eaton's afghan squares book. I didn't do the edging on the long sides because a) time is of the essence, here, and b) it's wide enough as it is. The edges will curl in a bit, but since it'll be scrunched into a jacket anyways, I'm not fussed. It's perhaps a tad fancy schmancy for a 7-year-old, but with such excellent workmanship, it'll last her for ever! Heh.
Red Scarf on Chair
Here it is, with today's outfit of Pajamas for Miserable Girl. (A bit of a cold, a day or two off school....)She wants a matching hat, with ear flaps. I'll get right on that, once I've (ahem) sewn Arthur's pullover together!
This pattern was just about right: not boring, but simple enough to do while watching a swimming lesson.
I am also eying (that looks wrong, but my spell checker likes it better than "eyeing.") other fine yarns, wanting more and more lovely lace! Kiri keeps calling me... Do people actually use shawls, though?
The scarf and recipient look great - I prefer the stole to the shawl, but others like the triangle. I have some small triangular ones I use as scarves.
ReplyDeleteI keep a couple of shawls at work in different colors to wear when it's freezing but I only wear them because I made them. I used to keep sweaters which were easier to wear but the shawls give me ample opportunities to show off.
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