I‘m rather proud of myself. I came to the conclusion that the problem with the scarf I was knitting wasn’t only that it was too wide (58 stitches) but also that the wool was too thin.
The wool, like the needles, was from my grandmother, and one set of needles still has the last thing she was knitting left on it: a half-completed cardigan. This wool was what would have been used to finish it off. It looks like it was a summer one, so the wool was obviously fairly light.
Anyhow, inspired by seeing someone else with a chunky scarf wrapped around their neck the other day I realised that I was working with the wrong kind of thread, and that even when it was finished off it wouldn’t be all that warm. So I headed to the market and bought a nice thick yarn. For the technically-minded (and where knitting is concerned, that’s most definitely not me) a 10cm square would be 13 rows by 9.5 stitches. (Does that mean anything?)
It was much better to work with. Better to hold, better to get from one needle to the other without any dropped stitches, and far quicker to knit. I cut my width down to 18 stitches and was done, two balls of yarn later, after just over three hours in two sittings.
It’s lovely and chunky.
Next job: a rug.
A nice chunky weave
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That looks great, well done! Have you caught the knitting bug now then?
Actually, I think I am. I can already knit and watch TV at the same time, which is quite a boon as it means I don’t feel guilty about sitting for an hour and watching Desperate Housewives. I have now moved on to knitting a blanket from 10cm squares.
oooh that’s lovely Nik! lol I’m soooo with you on knitting getting rid of the guilt of tv watching. Isn’t DH wonderful?
AT LAST!……I have found someone i can talk to about knitting…novice-havent-got-a-clue-what-im-doing-but-love-it-knitting! My friends all look at me as if i have had a turn. It all started before christmas when one of my four children wanted a scarf. Then another one wanted one.Then my daughter went back to london and became the scarf pimp and has taken orders for ten and charged twenty five pounds each for them. I cant stop laughing. I can only knit in a straight line and I knit till I get to the end of the ball then change colour. Two plain two purl and bobs your uncle ! I am now completely hooked and want to knit a blanket but dont know how!I received two boxed sets of lark rise to candleford at yule tide and clack away whilst dorcas lane puts the world to rights in the candleford post office…I sit down at five and am under starters orders. Husband and children now have to fend for selves in kitchen, Marvellous. Lord how I ramble.
If anything, DH is even better this series than it has been for a few years, Frugal Trenches – the strongest start to a series for a while. Strangely addictive.
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