My first nice knit piece…

In my time unemployed, i decided I wanted to learn a couple of useful skills. Add to that a desire for a product that’s not commercially available (a floor length wool scarf) and I ended up learning to knit. I picked up a “for Dummies” kit that included a couple sizes of needles, and got started with some scrap yarn that was floating around the house. The first thing I did was use up that skein, and one more, to make a simple garter stitch scarf. This I donated to Tibbetts Church for their clothing for the homeless program.

The next item was a scarf for Wendy, made from a really nice pink and purple multi-colored yarn that I knitted using almost entirely stockinet stitch. After learning a little more about knitting and various stitches, this piece is being re-done in a different stitch (knit 1 purl 1 the whole length.) After initially finishing her scarf and now, I knitted another scarf. This one was to be mine, made from a nice 50/50 blend of Wool and Llama. Using 4 skeins of 1302 yards each, the scarf is a little over 10 feet long. It’s black, Charcoal, and Gray, mostly stockinet with short sections in garter to help hold it a little less curled, and drapes to the floor on each side. Perfect. Here’s a couple pictures: