Wednesday 9 November 2011

Once upon a time.....

The other day I was asked when I started knitting and I remembered the scarf I knitted when I was about 16 and I remembered I still had it somewhere or other so I dug about and found it!


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I made the pattern up as I went along, randomly striping the colours and using knit and purl patterns for texture. I have no idea what the yarn was, something inexpensive and quite possibly acrylic but I has worn well - I know it went through the wash several times (probably after I dipped it in my dinner).


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Is it perfect? - No. It curls in on itself like only stocking stitch can and it's not as warm and cuddly as a more wool heavy blend yarn might have been but I still quite like it and it will be making appearances around my neck over the rapidly approaching winter months......

3 comments:

  1. I like it too. Can't beat random blue stripes!!

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  2. Awesome.
    The other day I was stash diving and came across the first bit of knitting I ever made! It was knit in a variegated acrylic yarn in christmas colors and there were tons of weird increases and split stitches, and areas where "something" happened. It wasn't even bound off. I had simply removed it from the needles.
    Your blast from the past is much more impressive. It totally looks like you planned out that stripe sequence.

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  3. It's awesome! Love those colors. How cool that you still have it.

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