My mom sent me an email yesterday containing a picture of this. There was no text in the message, just the picture. The email’s subject line was “Hey this is nice…” She has also been saying how cold it is in Dallas.
I guess it’s time to dig through my stash and get cracking on a scarf for Mom. It should be a good chance to learn how to make knit-in button holes.
BTW, the original scarf is from the amazing brooklyntweed. If you haven’t already, you must go see his man-sweaters!
With a last name like Hipp, you can’t help but love hippos.
This pink beauty is from the It’s a Small World ride at Disneyland. It sort of looks like it was made out of papier-mâché. Talk about a craft project!
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Every sock knitter who has not knit a pair of Jaywalkers yet, please raise your hand.
Oh hey, I’m the only one with my hand in the air.
The niche of small and portable projects for knitting breaks at work was empty. (Yeah, I knit during my work breaks. Thank goodness for labor laws! Mandatory 15 minutes of knitting for ever four hours of work.) So, of course, socks came to mind. I’ve been periodically squeezing my yarn from Purl and daydreaming of the pretty socks that would emerge from them someday. Then I saw this finished pair and decided to jump on the bandwagon.
Call me unoriginal. Call me trendy. Call me a follower. Call me a copy cat. Whatever.
I think I am in love. Shhhh, don’t tell Mr. Hipp. No wonder this pattern is so freakin’ popular.
Categories: Jaywalker socks · Knitting
Just five weeks after setting an amaryllis bulb in a sunny spot with some water, you get these beautiful flowers. If only all things in life were so easy and satisfying!
Categories: Eye Candy Friday
The entrelac scarf is all done. Yay! It has been chilly in Southern California lately, so the timing could not have been better. What to wear with a fabulous, warm, and wooly entrelac scarf when in Orange County? Why, shorts and Uggs of course!
Tree-hugging is optional, but highly recommended.
Don’t worry, I am far too old — and have way too much sense — to really dress like this. But if you have ever been to the OC when the temperature goes below 70 degrees, then you know that this is look is laughably common.
Here are the specs on the scarf:
Pattern: Entrelac scarf, a shrunken version of the Lady Eleanor stole in Scarf Style. After seeing how huge Lady Eleanor is, I knew it would be unreasonable for me to embark on the full pattern given my knitting speed (slow) and the local climate (generally warm). But a scarf I can do!
Yarn: Noro Big Kureyon, Color 1, about 2.5 skeins
Needles: US 10 Clover bamboo circulars
Modifications: Used only three base triangles instead of seven for a narrower scarf. The knotted fringe is shorter, too.
Size: 8″ wide by 60″ long, not counting the fringe
I LOVE this scarf. The preliminary uncertainties in width seem to have worked themselves out. The fabric is sort of stretchy in all directions, so I think the stitches just needed to get settled. It was also a lot of fun to knit. The directions in Scarf Style were excellent; it only took a couple of rows of rectangles for the pattern to click. Then it was easy street all the way.
This scarf looks pretty on the “right” side (left) and the “wrong” side. Brilliant!
BTW, I am hugging our own Hipp little magnolia tree, generously given by my in-laws. Talk about a great Christmas present!
Categories: Entrelac scarf · Finished Objects 2007 · Knit from Your Stash 2007 · Knitting
