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Multidirectional Scarf
Monday, August 15, 2005
The knitting bug is nibbling away on my psyche. I knew it would soon. It usually starts around August, when I start thinking of cooler weather. (Well, I think of cooler weather year round but you know what I mean!)
This time, I've joined a Yahoo! group called Mulitdirectional where you get, in exchange for your intro, a scarf pattern. When I was down south last week, I decided to start on it. Of course their LYS (local yarn shop) is Wal*Mart, so my yarn choices were very limited and my needle choices even more so. I finally wound up with some nasty plastic Red Heart and some size 8, 14(!) inch straight needles, which are *always* my tool of last resort.
I started knitting on the 14" needles and while I enjoyed knitting the easy pattern, I hated the resulting scarf. Once home, I ripped it all, and started over with a size 9, circular needle. I still hate the feel of the yarn, but these are *definitely* my colors!
I think I'll take it to every fabric shop I go to in the future. If it doesn't match the plastic scarf, it doesn't go to my house!
When I get some better yarn, I plan to use this scarf to teach myself to knit backwards. This plastic stuff doesn't forgive wobbly tension, so I dare not practice on it. That was a problem with the first try, since I hadn't knitted in several months, my tension was loose at first. Now that I've hit my stride again, it's going fine.
Beth - your scarf is beautiful! You're right, the colors are so nice - but like you, RH isn't very nice to use. I tried this in Wool-Ease and it didn't make those awful sounds on the needle that RH does for me. I, too, am dying to get some lovely yarn to make another MD scarf. It was so much fun knitting up, don't you think?!
Can't wait to hear about your backwards knitting. That's on my list to learn in the near future!
Thanks for sharing!
Theresa
Posted by Tweezle at August 16, 2005 08:25 AM