Knitting Content January 9, 2007 ~ 12:29 pm
Posted by Julie in : Craftiness Is Next To Godliness , trackbackFor some reason Wordpress spazzed on me as I posted this and ate everything I had written. Fucker. So right about here there was a bit about me not being able to figure out what to write even though I have many ideas. Including how I agree with Jimmy Carter that the Israeli treatment of Palestinians is in fact apartheid, but how I don’t really have a coherent post about it yet. So today we will discuss knitting instead of international politics.
And then this part? This part was about my brother’s Irish Hiking Scarf that I made him for Christmas. And all the trials and tribulations that I went through with it. Including knitting in semi-darkness which led to joining the wrong color of yarn to the scarf, and that’s when it looked like this:
And then I had to take the next day off work because I had to get that scarf in the mail so it would reach him in time for Christmas, so that day I frogged the 7″ of the wrong color that you see here and then knit it all in the right color and knit another 10″ on top of that. And then boxed it up and took it to my local post office which is run my slow motion morons, so I waited in line an hour to send it. But it all worked out great and he got it for Christmas and he loves it and it looks like this:
Trust me, this post was waaaay better the first time I wrote it. But that’s the gist. Here’s the stats:
Irish Hiking Scarf, started October 27th, 2007, finished January 2nd, 2007
Pattern: Hello Yarn’s Irish Hiking Scarf
Yarn: Cascade 220. I have no idea what color, since their colors are numbers and my brain doesn’t function like that. It’s blue. A nice heathery blue.
Needles: The generic wood ones that came with my Klutz Learn to Knit kit. US Size 8.
Dimensions: 5 1/2″ x 57″ or thereabouts. I didn’t block it because it didn’t need it.
Pattern Notes: A very easy pattern that was just what the doctor ordered, literally. Dr. Edbert told me to take breaks in the knitting, and with the simple 8 row repeat in this one, it was easy to remember to do that. Knit two repeats, go do something else for a while. Except for that last day of hell when it was like “Knit 4 or 5 repeats, go immerse your aching hands in warm water, come back and do it again. Pop some Advil.”
Would I knit it again? Definitely. In fact, I have a recipient in mind. And no, it’s not you. Sorry.
Comments
I got some good political stuff to post too, if I can find the time. I haven’t even caught up with my Christmas/New Year’s posts. Damn.
Very nice scarf. I’m disappointed I’m not getting one. I guess you don’t love me any more. But that’s ok (sniff), I’m a big boy and I can handle it.
Beautiful work there Julz - impressive!
Did you see the interview Carter did with Tavis Smiley the other night on PBS? I was impressed with Carter holding his ground and not bowing to the displeaure of so-called friends. I loved it that he basically flipped them off in his very Christian and Southern way!
Speaking of public slaps: have you watched the Matt Damon segment of Inside the Actors Studio. Do if you haven’t - Damon so slapped the prez - you don’t even see it coming - I actually cheered!
I watched that last night! *Love!!!*
Jules, I liked the messed-up scarf. Make for me one immediate!!
It’s not me? Damn!
So nice - love it! Just my colors too, (except of course for lavendar which I love even more.
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*smirks*
Is this a very easy, “I’ve never done cable stitch so I’m a big moron” pattern?
I really, really, really like the scarf you made for your brother. Lucky guy!
Ooh, I’m happy to hear the Matt Damon Actor’s Studio is a good one. I TiVo’d it weeks ago but haven’t watched it yet. Now I’m going to have to!
(Nice scarf, btw.)
What do you mean it’s not me? Hurtful words there Missy!
Nice job on the scarf. There’s nothing like getting a gift that was made specifically for you. You are a nice sister, can I adopt you??
Lois~He *loves* it when I knit him things. Apparently since our aunt died 10 years ago, no one knits for him anymore. If it takes so little to make him happy, I will gladly do it. Hey, don’t you have enough sisters already?
Aimee~Thanks.
Jenny~If it hadn’t been for the CTS, it would have been a very quick knit indeed. Seriously, if I could crank out 17′ in 24 hours? Easy peasy.
Serra~Yes. Cables are SO much easier than they look. Really.
Lisa~You just got handmade earrings, isn’t that enough? Greedy girl.
Sloth~Um…no?
Seamus~Thanks! No, I missed it. I was watching Democracy Now yesterday morning and saw people bagging on Jimmy for saying “apartheid.” That’s what it’s CALLED, people! We can’t whitewash it!
Vince~I would say “I love you like a brother,” but since my brother got a scarf outta me, we can’t go that route, can we?
Hey, I have wi-fi questions (namely, how can I just pull songs off the laptop and onto the PC without having to burn CDs of them). Ideas?
[...] Would I knit it again? Maybe. It turns out very nicely, and it’s a simple pattern if you don’t knit it by Christmas lights and mistake the right side for the wrong side. (Yep, I realized this morning that’s how the fuck-up happened. Will I never learn about the perils of knitting by Christmas lights? [...]