Hi. I’ve been friends with Heather since our first year in college, which is how I heard about this knitalong. I’ve been knitting since I was about 8 years old, off and on. As I wrote in an earlier comment, the first scarf I am knitting is dedicated to the memory of my mom. She passed away in February, which still seems too recent. Her favorite color was red, and I know she would have liked this scarf. I like the idea of giving it away to a worthy cause. I know the pattern isn’t exactly “unisex,” but I hope they’ll forgive me.
I managed to slip away from work an hour early, in time to stop at my LYS. I came home with two balls of Classic Elite Wool Bamboo (50% wool, 50% bamboo). I cast on last night and have a few inches so far. The yarn is so soft, and on my bamboo needles, it’s like buttah on buttah. I have 36″ to go of the “wavy eyelet” that doesn’t show up quite well in the photo. This is definitely going to be a soothing project to work on.
It took me about 7 attempts and a lot of tweaking in photoshop to get the color in the photo to be red.
Happy knitting to everyone!
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November 17, 2006 at 10:40 am
Heather
Let me know how you like that yarn - I haven’t tried it, but it sounds lovely.
I love that pattern - hopefully the people at the Orphan Foundation will have the sense to send it to a female!
November 18, 2006 at 11:37 am
mary
So far, the yarn (CEWB) is very luscious to work with. Like honey - not sticky, though. The honey of my imagination, I guess. I’m really enjoying it and the pattern so far is easy peasy. The yarn is good for a scarf or perhaps a shawl.