On my scarfing adventures, its been a challenging time. First was massive swatching to figure out what pattern I wanted to use. I want to use something rather lacy because I only have two balls of the yarn. I also want something that will be nice looking on the reverse side. So I finally figured out the stitch pattern & received Daughter approval, although she said it was a little boring on the back side. So I threw in a small 2 stitch twist on the back side. Looks nice & easy to do. I figure out my calculations, putting a seed stitch border on the bottom & the sides. And we begin...
But, I got caught in one of the oldest problems in the history of knitting. My seed stitch border spread out more than my main stitch pattern. This resulted in the border making a nice little "wave". Ugh...I know better! So I frogged. I re-evaluated my number of cast on stitches, starting with less at the beginning & increasing right before starting the main pattern. Yahoo! It worked great, looks good & things are moving right along. Until...
I get almost to the end of the first ball of yarn. I am NOT going to have enough to make a nice long scarf like my daughter wants. ARGH! It is coming out just lovely, she really likes it, I have fun doing it, even both sides, but it won't work. So now, off to the Lily Pad for a little more frogging. I took some pictures to preserve my work for all eternity...before I rip it!
Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!
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