Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Making a scarf for myself


Remember that scarf I started a while back (i.e. in October)? I finished it! I'm taking a hint from Robyn and keeping it for myself.

It was nice having an easy, no-pressure project on the go for a few months. I just picked it up whenever I had time and took a break whenever I got annoyed with the fact that a scarf can take so long to knit.


I've never blocked a knitting project before, but it was necessary this time. Usually one doesn't need to block a simple scarf, but in this case the lacy pattern looked a little wonky, and I wanted to even it out. I laid the scarf on my futon, got it damp with a spray bottle, pinned it into shape and let it dry overnight. It worked! If you don't want to pin a project into your upholstry, I hear other people pin their projects onto a towel.

It's warming up around here, so I might put the knitting needles away for another year. At least I made it through one project, as planned. Next winter I might focus on neck warmers and big needles, to save myself some angst.

6 comments:

Angela said...

I've learned that blocking works really well with wools (not with acrylics). I discovered that I made a serious error with Camron's wool sweater once I blocked it - I am glad you had better luck.

Amr said...

Erin, ever heard of smittens? I think they are the cutest thing .. check it out: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/03/howto-knit-smittens.html

Erin said...

Angie! I saw you were having knitting woes on Facebook. I hope you managed to fix the problem. I'm just impressed with anyone who knits things other than scarves.

Smittens...I don't know Amr. I don't know...

Sarah said...

Hooray, finished scarf! I like it. As always. You always pick really foxy yarn.

For novelty mitten, I kinda like Miitens...

robyn. said...

3 cheers for keeping what you make!

Anonymous said...

I love that scarf. You should probably make me one. I look nice in green...

Cheryl