Posts
Remember when I took knitting lessons and then knitted some mice?
Well, Eric's been lobbying for a sweater ever since. I told him I had neither the time nor the expertise, but decided to try it anyway. Today, in addition to the cheese making supplies I bought him, I gave him the scarf, and he loves it! I finished it just in time, on the morning of Christmas Eve. Talk about down to the wire, right?
I used Homespun in Prairie, since I loved the colors.
It was slow going at first, especially since I'd never done ribbing before, but then I started to get the swing of it. I remember I was all impressed with myself when I had just 24" done.
Finally, I had all 69" (it was supposed to be 66", but I went a tad overboard).
The pattern I sort of followed had a 2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2 ribbing pattern, but I decided to add 10 rows in stockinette on each end.
Finally yesterday in the early afternoon, I was able to box and wrap it, and get it under the tree.
Eric loves it!
Now he thinks he's a model.
Well, hell, I did make him look good, after all. And now? Someone who saw me knitting it has ordered one from me too! My first scarf sale!
Shared with:
7 comments:
Yay! It looks great. Happy holidays to you both.
Thanks, it started with help from you!
Great GREAT job!! I love the color selection. My hubs won't wear scarves! Hopping over from VWB's talent tuesday!
http://mrsvolnoff.blogspot.com/2012/01/decoupaged-desk.html
Hello! Stopping by for the first time! Lovely scarf you made for your husband! And sweet place you have here :) So nice visiting with you!
Kindly, Lorraine
No way! Already selling them?? I am just beginning to learn to knit. My g-ma taught me when I was little and I forgot how. Very impressive, I am still trying to get the hang of not accidentally increasing and/or dropping my stitches, lol.
Thank you so much for joining my linky party! This post rocks!
Love it! You don't usually see too many unisex designs and I love that about this scarf.
Thanks so much for sharing on Fresh Fridays!
Post a Comment