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Note: If I'm slow responding to your comment or post, I have a backlog as I was offline today due to a line of thunderstorms and a tornado watch. Nothing was damaged or anything, but I had the compies off just in case.
I swear, knitting scarves "the long way" really does make it go a lot faster. Although I have noticed that - I think due to the weight of the yarn on the needles affecting tension - my gauge swatches always lie. My swatch, which was definitely at least 4"x4", said my gauge was 3.75 sts/in. I got closer to 3.2 in the actual knitted item. Whoops. Fortunately, scarf, not much to worry about. Good to keep in mind for sweaters though.
So my partner's "this'll be a quickie, 53" scarf" turned into a 63" scarf by accident. \o/
Yarn is Berocco Ultra Alpaca, I know the Slytherin silver is more gray than silver but I think it does the job. I can find the ball bands and give people colorways if they're interested, but I have no idea where my partner put them at the moment.
( Three photos behind the cut )
I'm currently working from a pattern for a change. I'm knitting that Color Infection shawl thing that the Yarn Harlot kept talking about after Sock Camp. (Really it's called "Color Affection"). I think I'm just enjoying garter stitch stripes, ( Cut to spare those who don't want to read me babble about knitting )
I swear, knitting scarves "the long way" really does make it go a lot faster. Although I have noticed that - I think due to the weight of the yarn on the needles affecting tension - my gauge swatches always lie. My swatch, which was definitely at least 4"x4", said my gauge was 3.75 sts/in. I got closer to 3.2 in the actual knitted item. Whoops. Fortunately, scarf, not much to worry about. Good to keep in mind for sweaters though.
So my partner's "this'll be a quickie, 53" scarf" turned into a 63" scarf by accident. \o/
Yarn is Berocco Ultra Alpaca, I know the Slytherin silver is more gray than silver but I think it does the job. I can find the ball bands and give people colorways if they're interested, but I have no idea where my partner put them at the moment.
( Three photos behind the cut )
I'm currently working from a pattern for a change. I'm knitting that Color Infection shawl thing that the Yarn Harlot kept talking about after Sock Camp. (Really it's called "Color Affection"). I think I'm just enjoying garter stitch stripes, ( Cut to spare those who don't want to read me babble about knitting )
