It all started with the yarn.
I wanted to try knitting again. I was bored, stressed, and looking for something to occupy my mind. I found myself wandering through the yarn aisle at a department store and saw this yarn, this gorgeous yarn, that was all blues and greens and browns, just like everything I wear. I picked it up, I had to, and it was soft, and kind of strange looking; I didn't know it then, newbie that I was, but it was meant to mimic homespun yarns. The name should have been a clue--Lion Brand Homespun (Nouveau). Since then I've learned many people don't like Homespun for its acrylic nature, but I still love it.
The selling point for this wasn't the softness or the colorway, it was the free pattern included on the back of the label, the huge, aqua-colored needles I'd be using, and the assurance that this scarf would take only one skein to make and could be made in just two hours. It took me longer than that. I was a novice. Knitting is haaaard. And those size fifteens are awkward.
Since then, I've made five of those scarves: two for me, one for my mother, one for my sister, and one for a friend. At about the same time I discovered Martha Stewart's amazingly easy knit hat, and I've made quite a few of those, too, as they seem to suit this scarf well if done in garter rather than stockinette stitch, and because they don't squish your hair, as my sister put it.
Anyway, like I said, it all started with the yarn.
I wanted to try knitting again. I was bored, stressed, and looking for something to occupy my mind. I found myself wandering through the yarn aisle at a department store and saw this yarn, this gorgeous yarn, that was all blues and greens and browns, just like everything I wear. I picked it up, I had to, and it was soft, and kind of strange looking; I didn't know it then, newbie that I was, but it was meant to mimic homespun yarns. The name should have been a clue--Lion Brand Homespun (Nouveau). Since then I've learned many people don't like Homespun for its acrylic nature, but I still love it.
The selling point for this wasn't the softness or the colorway, it was the free pattern included on the back of the label, the huge, aqua-colored needles I'd be using, and the assurance that this scarf would take only one skein to make and could be made in just two hours. It took me longer than that. I was a novice. Knitting is haaaard. And those size fifteens are awkward.
Since then, I've made five of those scarves: two for me, one for my mother, one for my sister, and one for a friend. At about the same time I discovered Martha Stewart's amazingly easy knit hat, and I've made quite a few of those, too, as they seem to suit this scarf well if done in garter rather than stockinette stitch, and because they don't squish your hair, as my sister put it.
Anyway, like I said, it all started with the yarn.
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