Finished after two years… originally intended to be finished for a yarn festival in Montreal that was ultimately cancelled because of the, you know, pandemic.
Used yarn I bought on a previous trip to Canada: the Belfast Mini Mills Specialty Sock yarn (husky fur!) doubled to match the blue Island (PEI) collection.
Got my own husky at home in the meantime.
Made this for Brianna for Christmas, she picked out the yarn. I doubled up and then decreased near the edges to make that band. And then the ruffle at the ends were done by doubling up (increasing) twice.
Here’s a blue scarf
made with the same Thick and Quick (Lion Brand) yarn that I made my first hat with.
I did a rib stitch, and it came out smaller than I expected. Not bad for a first project… I saw a how to knit article in Real Simple magazine and figured I’d give it a go.
Here’s a scarf I made for my nephew with Lion Brand thick and quick. I alternated garter stitch and rib stitch.
I went on a group ski trip to Italy and got sucked into knitting when I saw all the beautiful yarn they had there. I bought a few skeins, then spent 45 minutes in my hotel room trying to remember how to cast on. I had tried to learn how to knit the year before, but what I came up with I don’t consider a project… so this is my first.
This yarn is so soft. I had enough left to have a go at the hat. I didn’t know at the time that stockinette stitch would curl, so I ended up with a roll up hat, which I’m still not happy with. I bought some white Lamb’s Pride bulky yarn locally to go with the Italian yarn.