There’s no way I’m going to finish this before the end of winter, but I’ve been fiddling on with the knitting needles I dug out of the airing cupboard a couple of weeks ago. It took a long time to work out how to cast on, but once I had done – with some help from Stitch ‘n Bitch
Note the use of the word ‘fairly’.
How anyone – and here I’m thinking primarily of mothers and grandmothers – can click away through a night in front of the telly and turn out a jumper in a week, I don’t know. I’ve been at it for 10 days while watching stuff we’ve recorded and so far managed 12 cm. That’s less than half a foot.
And I’m not doing anything fancy, either. No pearling, no weaving in a pattern, no multi-coloured, multi-yarn creations. Just plain old black knitting.
If this is going to be a scarf it needs to be a good five feet long by the time it’s done, and at this rate that won’t be for 125 days (my calculator tells me). Or, in other words, 18 May. I won’t be needing a scarf any time around then.
Just as well this is a practice run, then. And, of course, it’ll keep until next winter.
At this rate it’ll need to.
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Well done, the scarf looks great so far! Don’t worry, soon you’ll be addicted and churning out a jumper a day! I’ve been knitting since I was four, and can now make a hat or a pair of gloves in an evening, it’s all practice.
Thanks, Torya. I intend to keep on at it, and it would be great to be as fast as you. A pair of gloves in one night is very impressive.
Hi Nik
It looks great you should be proud of yourself! Very neat and even, looks like I might have to put in an order for Christmas 2010!!
Sue
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