The knitting of simple things continues chez Little Purl. I've made a couple of hats and there would be some more but I'm going to tell you about scarves first.
JY has been asking for her Zigzag Scarf again. If anybody looks at my knit progress status at the right side bar, it's been at 80% for quite some time. I've been zigzagging on and on, and the ball of Yarntini yarn kept going strong so I thought maybe I could squeeze one more scarf out of the remainder. That's my wishful thinking but anyhow, I cast on for Misty Garden, also from Scarf Style, for our niece staying with us for the past weeks from the other end of the ball. And then the ball of yarn decided to get eaten up quicker than I'd wanted and I'm left with a too short piece of 'something'. Now, I was prepared to unravel the Zigzag and knit on with Misty Garden until I get 2 scarves of approximately equal length. The Misty Garden bit was shown to niece N whose birthday is coming up soon and her response was lackluster. She doesn't like the green bits and wants a plain blue scarf.
So a plain blue scarf she gets. I cast on with the GGH Davos yarn in stash and made it in a combination of single and double ribbing and then wrapped the ends with fabric, inspired by a similar design in Richmore volume 94, a Japanese pattern book. LI love the zakka touch. Fat yarn, fat needles plus zombie-like knitting make a quick scarf. I hope she'll like it.
And the bit of 'something'. I've pondered over how to make it into something useful, perhaps add on the ends with some solid coloured yarn from stash? Or make it into a neck warmer to be enclosed with 2 buttons? Maybe. For now, it'll just go into my 'bottomless basket' to be assembled into a beautiful crazy quilt like the one below. Ever since I saw this photo in an article in IK Summer 2003, it's been etched in my mind. It's the idea of Holly Fassett, the sister of Kaffee, to assemble such blankets for mothers-to-be in her knitting group. All the pieces are swatches that members contribute into the group's 'bottomless baskets'. Isn't this a beautiful idea?
Talking about blankets, remember Project Warming Kaitlyn and the square I made? The blanket is turning out so beautifully, hop over there and check it out.
The yarntini is sock yarn, no? That seems like an awful lot of knitting with sock yarn to be turned down because of greeny bits! Ah, youth.
Posted by: JulieFrick | Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 11:04 PM
i showed my son the blue gray yarn i want to knit with for his scarf but he saw my orange/yellow one(for a girl) and said he wanted that one! oh my! --
Posted by: joyce | Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 11:59 PM
Kids can be so brutally honest! I love the both versions of the Yarntini Scarf. The blue scarf is very pretty with the fabric.
Posted by: Oiyi | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM
all the scarves are lovely!
...but you gotta go with the little one's fashion sense!
love the fabric on the blue...very chic! I hope she likes it!
Posted by: heather | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 12:55 AM
such pretty scarves - i love the idea of the fabric ends instead of fringe or plain - a nice little touch...
Posted by: stacey | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 01:34 AM
Aah, the fickle hearts of youth. I think they're fabulous though!
Posted by: tiennie | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 01:51 AM
That quilt is a seriously beautiful idea!! By the way - love the little touch of fabric at the ends of the blue scarf - I love those little extra special touches.
Posted by: Vicki | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 02:30 AM
The scarves are just lovely. I particularly like the fat blue one with the fabric. Hopefully her response will be more than lackluster!
Posted by: diana | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 03:49 AM
The blue ribbed one is now so special with the added fabric. I'm sure she'll love it.
Posted by: erin | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 11:03 AM
The scarves are beautiful. I especially like the blue ribbed one with the fabric end.
Posted by: Andrea Jones | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 02:57 PM
I have that Richmore and didn't notice the scarf with fabric trim at all. Yours are very cute and more eye catching! ;)
Posted by: mimi | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 07:22 PM
I love the fabric detail at the end of the scarf! That is lovely! Funny how honest kids can be! I think the Yarntini is beautiful ;)
Posted by: Lolly | Friday, January 19, 2007 at 07:44 PM
How charming to add a bit of calico fabric at the bottom of the scarf!
Posted by: gail | Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 01:54 AM
I love the scarf with the fabric edging. What a sweet idea.
Posted by: Jennifer | Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 02:54 AM
All the scarves are gorgeous, and I love the blue one with the fabric on the end of it. What a wonderful idea that I too might borrow from you one day. Just gorgeous work.
Posted by: Sue | Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 05:51 AM
Love all your scarves. The yarntini ones are simply gorgeous, the blue ribbed one is so wonderfully unique and very inspiring.
Posted by: Maryann | Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 06:08 PM
The fabric ends make a nice finishing touch. Wow, I can't believe that one ball of Yarntini has such incredible yardage!
Posted by: joy | Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 08:22 PM
I agree with comments above--the fabric bits are a really nice touch. Very pretty! The Yarntini scarf also looks great; the colors are so nice and bright.
Posted by: seedless grape | Monday, January 22, 2007 at 12:56 PM
Hi,
I am a S'porean mom of 2, who's just learning to crochet. I like your Lovely site and work :)
Posted by: Joni | Monday, January 22, 2007 at 11:27 PM
I love the yarntini scarf!!! What size needles did you use for that?
Posted by: Sarah | Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 05:10 AM
I love your yarntini zig zag scarf. I have some yarntini that I would love to make into a scarf. What size needles did you use and did you use more than one skein? Love your blog!
Posted by: Sarah | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 12:43 AM