Knitting



Me & Sophie and the scarf I knitted
10/2011



Sorry for the less than perfect and blurry photo, however, that is me in the knitted scarf that I had just finished.  The ends have approximately 5" of fringe on them.  I'm 5'6" on a good day... when I put that scarf around the back of my neck and not looped, it hangs on the floor by 2" on each side.  It took me about 6 hours to make.  I don't know if that is slow or not -- it is my first ever knitted project.

I used Lion Brand Yarn, Hometown USA. Super Bulky #6; Color Aspen Tweed.  The needles I used were size 10.5, but I made the loops big and loose. Loose enough so that I could actually fit my pinky into them.

I was originally looking for a lumpy, bumpy, bulky yarn, but Wal-Mart didn't have any, so I settled for this one.  I think it's great though.

In September, I had put out a sign-up sheet for a knitting group.  I wanted to know how to knit, but I didn't want to have to join a group that would cost money.  I also wanted to gather some ladies in an attempt to make some new friends.  I rounded up about 7 ladies and we all decided that we would gather in January - after the garden harvests and after the holidays.  They all assured me that they could teach me to knit and help anyone else that would need it.  I was all excited.  I just needed to find my needles and get some yarn.

Before that all happened, another woman came in and she signed up.  She happened to mention that her son did finger knitting. I asked her what that was and she showed me thru hand motions and no yarn.  Well, I know what a knitted piece looks like. I know how the yarn LOOKS once it is knitted together.  Thru her descriptions, I was able to figure out finger knitting.  But, I got bored with just a five stitch scarf and my hand was getting stiff and sore. I then decided to try it with the knitting needles.  Having absolutely no idea what I was doing, I ended up with a scarf over 10' long.  I think I did pretty good!  I wasn't quite sure how to finish it off once I ran out of yarn.  I tried a few things that I thought was right, but nothing was working.  I decided that I didn't want to wait until January to finish my scarf as it would end up unraveling.  So, I turned to the youtube videos and found one on, "How to finish off your knitted scarf."  Go figure!! The internet can be great!

So there I am, in all of my finished knitted glory!