I went up to the yarn cave to see what I had available. Last winter my grandma gave me an old bag of yarn which contained a few full skeins, one of which was a poofy white. Upon finding this in my cave I decided I would make a simple white scarf and spice it up with some large purple pom poms on the ends. Project started...
It takes me a long time to start a project, especially a scarf. I have to find a pattern I like, the pattern has to look good with the yarn selected, it can't be too skinny or too wide...Often times the first couple inches take me the longest to create because I unravel and start over so many times. Over the weekend I was with my sister, as previously mentioned, and found a different yarn that would be just perfect with my new coat. So, I put the white one on hold and started working on the new one. What do you know - just wasn't feeling it. Time again to unravel.
So I decided to combine the white and the colored yarns and make one super awesome scarf. In this situation, the pattern wasn't the focus of the project, the color was. For that reason I decided to use simple garter stitch - knitting every row - for a simple, yet fun project. Knitting every stitch of every row is also a quick project. Here's what I came up with...
I do hope it stretches out a little bit. I used a size 10 needle and probably could have used 11 for it to be a little looser. However, I think it goes with my purple coat quite nicely and it's for me!
I have quite the list of projects piling up so I wanted to get through this one as soon as I could. This has been a crazy week and it's only half over. Each day so far all I have wanted to do after work is sit quietly and work on my knitting but I haven't had much time to do that. At least the busy schedule and list of projects will keep my hands out of the snacks!
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