My First Knitting Pattern*

Last year I learned to knit. It was something that I always thought was way too intricate for me to ever really do, let alone excel at. I stepped my game up this year, mostly because I have more than enough garter stitch scarves, and I want some diversity in my overflowing closet of scarves scarf collection. After dozens of...cast on, knit a few rows, stare perplexedly at the pattern, stretch it out, wrinkle my nose, and unravels... I came up with this pattern*

*as a novice knitter, and a horrible follower of directions (ask my husband about that one) I will try my hardest to put this in "normal" knitting pattern lingo. If you're like me and "co 56, k4, p1 blah blah blah doesn't paint a good enough picture for you, I will also write it in a way that makes sense to me. 

Sorry about the grainy pics! It's winter time, thus, very dark in the mornings still. 

I used one (120m) skein of Bravo Big, which is a bulky yarn. (Similar to Lion Brand Hometown USA, but a much bigger skein. You could substitute 2 skeins of Hometown for this.) Sorry I don't have more information, I threw out the label a while ago/most of it was in German anyway. 

Knit using size 15 circular needles 

cast on 56 stitches and join the ends together, making sure the stitches aren't twisted.  

Knit four stitches (counting the join as the first knit stitch) then purl one stitch. keep doing this until you are almost out of yarn, then cast off loosely & weave in ends.

in Knitter lingo I think that would be:

CO 56, join ends *K4, P1* until you are almost out of yarn, cast off loosely & weave in ends.

  

It is reversible, and looks cool both ways.  

I prefer the Purl side though. 

On a side note, my big accomplishment of the week: Re-covering my ironing board. It got some much needed new padding (by way of a sacrificed old towel) and a cover that hurts my eyes much less than the pink swan number it was sporting previously. I'm proud of this because I love ironing. L O V E it. I'm not kidding. 

Special thanks to Liz Miller for the yarn! :) 

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My Toasty New HIdeout

Due to recent unforeseen busyness, I haven't accomplished much in the world of craftyness. By not much, I mean I only made this scarf in the past 2 days. My sewing machine is feeling slighted, and I have a felt pile that is calling my name. Sigh . On a very happy note, my scarf is fabulous. It's soft and pretty, and I can pull it up over my head in case I have the sudden need to hide from a predator or play a quick game of peek-a-boo. 

So a BIG thanks to my super awesome Grandma, for hooking me up with fancy yarn and hours of entertainment! :) I still have more left over! So there may be scarfs in the works for a couple little girls I know! 

....  yayyyy for friends with daughters! ....

--CJ 

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The Itch

I  have the knitting itch. Bad. 

I never really had the desire to knit, until I met German Winter. Crafts that keep me from freezing to death?! Sign me up! I got some yarn, I had some needles from my Grandma, annnddd I was horrible at it. Everyone told me to start with "regular" yarn, which is small.... and it takes forever to accomplish anything... and I am so very impatient that I couldn't handle it. 

Then I saw Wool and The Gang. They made knitting simple, and obvious that I should be knitting with the fattest yarn possible so I can finish a whole scarf in a day! I am no expert knitter now, but last year I made three scarfs!

Over the summer my grandma sent me SIX skeins of yarn that she wasn't using. I drooled over it, but packed it up for this very occasion. 

Isn't it lovely?

So check out Wool and The Gang, get yourself some fat yarn, and knit fearlessly into the night! 

--CJ

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