the holiday season was spent doing a lot of gift knitting. i finally finished the stained glass scarf from scarf style that i've been making for my brother for over a year. it came out very nice in the end, but i really don't know if i'd make it again. working each row twice on little needles was not my favorite experience ever but the finished product was really nice.
pattern: stained glass scarf
from: handknit holidays by melanie falick
materials: almost 2 skeins araucania nature wool in brown & 1 1/4 skeins claudia handpaint fingering in eat your veggies
needles: us 4/3.5mm addi circrs
started: july 2005
completed: december 2007
from: handknit holidays by melanie falick
materials: almost 2 skeins araucania nature wool in brown & 1 1/4 skeins claudia handpaint fingering in eat your veggies
needles: us 4/3.5mm addi circrs
started: july 2005
completed: december 2007
mods: the only real mod i made was to co only 40 stitches to make a narrower scarf. my brother doesn't like wide scarves. other than that i did as the pattern stated and just kept knitting until i was almost out of the brown wool. the scarf ended up over 6' long but my brother likes them long.
i have a few more finished projects to put up (hopefully) in the next week or so. i have also recently fallen in love with malabrigo merino worsted yarn. i'd seen it before and heard fabulous things, but i didn't actually try it until a couple of months ago. since then, it's the only thing i want to knit with and i've amassed quite a little stash of it. with a new year comes the promise of a clean slate. i am really hoping to finish or frog some old projects and start working into the stash. i really have so much yarn and i should use it. that way i can buy more. :) happy new year, everyone!