I Never Promised You an Organic Garden » scarf http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog and other things you won't expect... Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:46:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Projects I’ve Completed http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/projects-ive-completed/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/projects-ive-completed/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:37:04 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=350 When I was blogging more regularly, I did a good job of reporting my knitting accomplishments.  However, during the eight months I was not blogging, I have completed a number of project that haven’t been accounted for.

Lest anyone fear that I have given up or slowed down on my knitting, here is what I’ve gotten done in the past eight month, give or take a few projects even I have forgotten about.

Ohio State Baby Sweater for Haylee Hayes
Baby Sweater for Crystal and Dustin

Boy-O-Boy Baby Sweater for Hayden Hayes
O Boy Baby Sweater

Stuffed Pig for Thomas Saylor
Hello

Butterfly scarf for my sister
Butterfly scarf and hat

5 Felted netbook covers
Felted projects

Felted nook cover for Travis Poling

Felted makeup case
Makeup case

Felted purse
Felted clutch

3 felted Christmas stockings for Paula Ulrich
Ulrich's felted stockings

Bulky purple scarf for myself
Big scarf

Bulky red scarf for my mom
Scarf for Mom

Bulky Steelers scarf for Lee Saylor
Steelers scarf

Yellow child’s hat with pom-pom for Thomas Saylor
yellow hat

8 waffle knit washcloths for sale
Yellow and Green washcloths

3 Spa washcloths for home

Bamboo broken rib scarf for Matt
Bamboo scarf for Matt

Blue bulky beanie
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2 blanket buddies
Blanket Buddy

2 felted cell phone cases
Phone and case

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/projects-ive-completed/feed/ 0 Linen Stitch Scarf http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/linen-stitch-scarf/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/linen-stitch-scarf/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:11:05 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=158 I recently completed yet another in my recent string of knitting projects and while it didn’t turn out how I hoped, I am pleased enough with the end result that I wanted to share.

Linen Stitch ScarfI knit a scarf, which was originally intended for me but will be going to my mother-in-law instead, using the linen stitch.  The stitch itself is neat and creates a very thick fabric in the end due to a lot of slipped stitches.  What I like most about the stitch is the way it shows off and highlights variegated yarn.

Other than the ultimate goal of having a beautiful scarf, one of my main goals for this project was to be able to keep the cost under $30 and still buy my yarn from the local yarn shop. (I could have easily bought a $5 skein from Walmart, but it would have felt wrong.) And I am happy to say I was able to do that quite easily.  With Vicki’s help, I picked out James C. Brett Marble Chunky in a beautiful colorway that came out to a total of $13.  The yarn is gorgeous, and I love the feel of it.

Unfortunately this is also where my particular project went a little off course.  The pattern is intended to be knit with yarn that has short variegations of color and create the effect of knitting with multiple strands of different colored yarn.  The yarn I chose had much longer sections of color, and I ended up with blocks of color.  The end result was very pretty and the transitions between the colors was beautiful, but it was not quite the effect I was going for.

I really enjoyed knitting the scarf and watching the way the colors played out, so I plan to try a different yarn and  make another scarf that I will keep for myself.  That is of course, after I finish the 5 other projects I have committed myself to :D

Linen Stitch Scarf Linen Stitch Scarf

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]]> http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/linen-stitch-scarf/feed/ 3 The knitting gods smiled on me http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/the-knitting-gods-smiled-on-me/ http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/the-knitting-gods-smiled-on-me/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:36:38 +0000 Becky McKimmy http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/?p=139 Herring Bone PatternI had a once in life time experience when it come to knitting.  I started a scarf for my husband a year & 1/2 ago using gorgeous bamboo yarn I got from Unwind Yarn Shop.  I made the mistake of letting my non-knitting husband pick out the pattern so it turned out to be a little more complicated that I intended.  It requires my undivided attention so I haven’t worked on it much.  Sunday night I picked the scarf back up and after doing some math realized I would not have enough yarn to finish.

Herring Bone ScarfNormally this would be a disaster.  There is no way a year & 1/2 after I purchased the yarn that the yarn shop would still have 3 skins of yarn in the same dye lot. But they did!  I couldn’t believe my luck.  For those of you who don’t knit or crochet this is very important because if you purchase yarn from a different dye lot it is very likely that the yarn will be a slightly different color and it will be very visible in your finished product.

Considering the time I have put into the scarf and it will require to finsih, I super excited to actually find the exact yarn I need and not have to “wing” it.

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