"j" is for

...just because i can.

remember that noro yarn that i knit into :

the entrelac scarf?

i actually finished the scarf, using 4 skeins of noro. didn't like it so frogged the entire scarf and started

the mystery of marie roger scarf

i liked how the colors were making stripes. however, i kept losing my place in the scarf and ending up tinking back at several times. do you know how frustrating it is to find a mistake in a scarf that is knit lengthwise?! yes, close to 300 stitches in a row. and yes, i did...

ten stitch scarf

the yarn is in its third reincarnation of a scarf! and i think i will keep this one. i did have to frog this version once after knitting 3 -4 repeats because i realized that i was knitting the corners wrong and that they were not sitting flat. i get easily confused, thankyouverymuch.

i don't think i have ever gotten so much play value from any of my other yarn. seriously!

and you all know i love contests. barbara bretton (author of "casting spells" and other romance novels) of romancing the yarn blog is having a 2 month prize giveway. well, i won her drawing for july 11th. she sent me this cute bag, bookmark, a magnet (it's some place), and 2 skeins of elann baby cashmere (perfect for a scarf-and you all thought i was scary with socks! LOL!)

there is still a month to go for the daily drawings so go on over and sign up. it's really easy!

and the sign-ups are open for the carefree mystery sock kal. as i mentioned in my last post, i am designing the socks and i hope some of you decide to play with me. i hate being lonesome. you do need to join the carefree kal blog in order the receive the clues. there will be a limit to the number of people allowed to join just cause that's the way blogger plays.

hummingbirds

6-17-09

out with the old

...and in with the new!

have you ever bought yarn just because it was on sale?! never mind that the colors are just so "not me". well, here begins the tale of the noro entrelac scarf that was not meant to be. i purchased 4 skeins of noro #93 because it was on clearance. it had purples (love purples), light turquoise (good), hot pink (like hot pinks with purple), a little yellow (ok, not fond of yellow but it's just a little bit), and orange (ok, don't like orange, but hey, it's just a tad).

i have always loved noro as an entrelac scarf. so, enter the beginning of the entrelac scarf.


and i even finished it, all 4 skeins! joined the colors so the color sequence was the same. learned how to knit backwards.

but i hated the colors the way they came out on the scarf and i knew that i would never wear it. so, on new year's eve, the scarf became this...

did you know that noro is really hard to frog?!

i looked around on ravelry (doncha love ravelry?!) and found a scarf that is knit lengthwise, thus breaking up the blobs of colors that i didn't like on the entrelac scarf.

mystery of marie roger scarf

i even like the little bits of yellow and oranges now, as they seem to accentuate the colors i really like. i definitely am getting my play value with this yarn!

happy new year! i know i went missing in december but hey, you can probably guess what i was doing! i will show you what next time.