subscribeI learned how to purl the other day, so this scarf is 30 stitches wide (4.5 sts on 10.5 needles) and as long as I can get with one skein of yarn. The first time I went to knitting club, I got two skeins of lovely wool yarn from a company called Andes. The one I'm using right now is variegated blue and absolutely gorgeous. The other skein is variegated pink and purple (a friend said it reminds her of jelly beans). I'll probably make another scarf out of the pink and purple yarn when I'm finished with this one. Oh, and it's a knit 2, purl 2 pattern, so pretty simple. I think I might try a knit, purl pattern for the next one, we'll see. Definitely something more exciting though.
It's nice to be learning a new skill, though my thumb hurts after I've been knitting for a while. Can't seem to go more than 3 or 4 hours at a time before I have to take a break, which works in terms of movie length, I suppose. I'm sure I'll build up a little callous eventually.
I've made a bunch of mistakes, but I've been able to catch them early and un-knit to fix them. All except one mistake, which I decided to leave in. With the variegated yarn, it's not too obvious. Besides, it's my first project and it has to have at least one mistake.
Here's some pictures of the work in progress. Kate the cat seems to particularly like it.
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