Twiddly Fingers

I'm plagued with Twiddly Finger Syndrome. :) My mother had it, my dad had it for a while, most of my cousins have it. Little known outside my family, TFS is a disorder characterized by an incessant need to constantly do something -- ANYTHING -- with your fingers. Sometimes this takes the form of smoking, sometimes eating, in other cases nail-biting. Having learned to channel this compulsion, I now put hooks and needles in my fingers and make things most of my family members don't need or want.

Monday, November 28, 2005

Thanksgiving Project 2: Deep Sea stripes

I was hoping this would knit up longer, but this is a decent length. It's a very soft scarf, even though it took a longer time to knit than the boucle ones. This piece was started and finished on Thanksgiving day.

METHOD:
Made from the LionBrand pattern on the yarn, I used two skeins of self-striping Fun Fur in the "Deep Sea" color. Done on #10 needles, it took longer than the other boucle scarves. The whole piece is done in garter stitch.

AND WHAT DID WE LEARN?
ALWAYS check the dye lots. I got these two skeins at two different stores, and the difference in color is VERY apparent. I'm not throwing it away, though. I'm going to pretend I'm NOT mad at myself for not checking the dye lots, and instead attribute the off-colors to "character."

I think this scarf could be more narrow and still look good. That would also give it more length.

I also think I might get some more of this Fun Fur and knit some Christmas presents. It's so soft and warm!

1 comment:

Me said...: I don't have a picture of it, but I made a scarf just like this, only in the color "Mexicana" for Mona's birthday in December. It turned out a little short though.; 7:22 AM