I’m knitting a scarf

by Nik on January 24, 2010

in Crafts

Knitting a scarf

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 – the actual knitting bit came back fairly quickly.

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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1 Torya January 24, 2010 at 11:06 pm

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.

2 Nik January 25, 2010 at 5:59 pm

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.

3 sueg February 2, 2010 at 2:54 am

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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