first is the 'one ball scarf', which was an inexpensive ball of yarn (maybe 700 yen), big enough for one scarf without adding another. so, not many ends to weave in. it's more purple than red in real life.
then, the noro striped scarf that i made. turned out quite pretty, but 'manly', so i think yoshi will claim it. that's fine. i'm hoping to find some kureyon soon and be more adventurous. i also have a pattern for a kid's scarf in two (or three?) shades of kureyon so maybe my kids will be cute little hipsters this winter....
and in knitting/crafting news, cassie has opened up shop, you should check out her drool-worthy yarns! i especially like the violent violet!!
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nice scarves. i have a pancho..poncho... that needs fringes... i have put in about 5 of them... tedious and no fun!!!
that noro stuff seems to be popular with N.American knitters.. i have never seen the stuff and bet that it is too expensive for my (cheap) taste.
Hello!!!
They look great! I'd love to learn how to knit properly. I decided I was going to last year, but couldn't decide on which book to buy to learn from! Any recommendations?
thanks for the free advert!!!
I love Yoshi's scarf. I cannot knit so I have never really looked at yarn, I checked the site though and even I - a non-knitter was drooling over the "dreamcicle" and "granny smith".
What a great hobby/talent you have.
I absolutely love your knitting. The noro crayon scarf is amazing (had to google the wool but the grey stripes you added in yeah?) I hope your family realise how lucky they are!
Oh and Cassie's store? Granny Smith almost made me decide to take up knitting- almost.
Lovely scarves!!!
The colour of the reddish one is fantastic. Will be heading into the perfect weather soon to use them too.
I am using one of Cassie`s wools now to knit a hat for the baby- I think booties will be made from whatever is left over. It is great stuff!
Anchan, sorry I just read your comment. Just wanted to say that when I relearnt to knit I watched videos online.
The site I used mainly was knittinghelp.com which was great!
hey jan! how was your summer?? fringe is kind of the pits. a lot like cross stitch and the dreaded (for me) back stitch. *sigh* noro is lovely to work with, surprising colors and texture. kind of hard for me to find, surprising since it's japanese....
anchan, i learned to knit with the knit knack kit, by kris percival. but, i actually learned to do it backwards (don't even know what that was about!) and the knitting videos online help a LOT!! i think knitting is a learn-by-visual craft! http://www.knittinghelp.com/ helped me the most, and there are tons of videos on youtube, but i also think you definitely need a book because most of the videos *show* technique, not exactly explain it. plus they don't really have any projects (though there are plenty of free patterns online.) i loved the knit knack kit because it has a small booklet of instructions, and 25 projects cards which range from beginner to advanced so you can decide what you'd like to try.
once i started knitting with confidence (that is, what i knit actually turned out nice), i joined ravelry, which is an awesome source of patterns and information!
Awesome - I'll have to check out knittinghelp.com, me thinks! xx
heather, the striped scarf is just two different colored yarns, and each yarn is variegated. two rows one color, then two rows the other color, and you get these awesome (and easy!!) stripes. :D
Your scarfs are gorgeous and your knitting is amazing. : )
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