My secret project is coming along nicely. Here's a sneak peek! There's one more pattern repeat left and then it's blocking time. I bought all the requisite blocking items: wires (rigid and flexible) and blocking pins. I've watched the YouTube videos, read the blogs and memorized the instructions that came with the wires. I'm sure to screw it up. ;-)
This pattern is called a neckerchief and in my opinion it's too long and not wide enough. In order for it to fold around the neck with the point in the front and have the edges come back around to the front (so it'll stay on the neck), it needs to be wider. Additional repeats are not the answer, it's already too long. One knitter did this...
* YO, k2tog, YO, k1, YO, ssk * all the way across the scarf’s RS before the 4 rows of garter stitch edging.
What do you think? If you have a better idea to increase the width, let me know. This seems plausible but I'm open to suggestions.
On the non-knitting front, last week I decided to finally read all the Harry Potter books before the November premiere of the first of the final films. I am loving them! I already finished the first 3 books and today I picked up Goblet of Fire. It's 750 pages and it hurts to hold it in my hands but I'm enjoying myself.
The fact that Daniel Radcliffe is finally over 21 and getting kinda sexy has nothing to do with the appeal of the books or I could just be embracing my dirty old man years! It's been known to happen. ;-)
4 comments:
It's beautiful. And I mean the neckerchief, not Daniel. But I'm sure he's lovely too.
I'm with Mel all the way! And I am a sucker for purple hues these days....no ideas to help with the size issue, but if I could see the pattern I might come up with one....HINT!
He is starting to look very sexy and he seems to be such a nice person, as well.
Your peek of the neckerchief looks like it will be gorgeous.
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