Sue, I downloaded the linked pattern, too. I hope it’s not too difficult. If it is I’ll have plenty of questions for all of you!
Hey, if the knitter is getting the moohla, then go get um ~!!
Has anyone finished theirs yet? I started mine and had to undo it
didn’t get the second buttonhole right (not had a problem before with buttonholes).
I will have another go and maybe do my buttonholes a different way. I will not be beaten! I actually had some caramel coloured Katia cashmerino in my stash that will look just great.
Some people will buy anything! Esp. if they have the $$.
I’m willing to bet the knitter gets very little of the selling price.
The true problem is that it is NOT a bad price for the materials and time that it would take to knit (at least hand knit - and I suspect they are machine knit) - but very few people without the cachet of a big store/brand name behind them could command that price.
A few weeks back I was at a gallery hop here in my town. (They open up all of the art galleries and you wander around from gallery to gallery. It’s a fun time.) In one of these galleries I saw a scarf made out of Boa selling for $125. It was plain stockinette made out of yarn you can get for $2 on sale. I could make it in a sitting. I almost died. My firend pointed out that it wasn’t just a scarf in this shop; it was “fiber art”. I almost passed out. There were even more expensive scarves made out of higer quality yarn, but these were also $200 dollars.
I must be in the wrong business.
WOW!!! If i could make and sell, at that price, just 3 of those scarfs (which is SUPER DUPER EASY even for a beginner like me) it would be more than enough for rent and some bills for the month!!! Making thems not my problem it’s the selling part ha ha ha!!!
How do you wear it? It’s kind of odd-looking to me. Is it just a collar over a top/sweater, or does it somehow get attached to a coat?
I don’t think it was snippy. I’m not a trendy type person anyway. I sort of get a little put off when I see people who are knitting only because it is trendy. I was knitting back when it wasn’t so cool and it was something you only saw little old ladies and expectant moms doing. And my fashion is totally not trendy. Although I am planning on making one of these for my mom for the holidays. It’s right up her alley.
They must be kidding!!!
And how much did it cost the artist for the paint…
Jackson Pollack looks like a mess to many people, maybe that scarf looks like art to some.
I just made one out of Baby Alpaca Grande using My So Called Scarf stitch pattern: http://www.sheepinthecity.prettyposies.com/archives/000079.html
I cast on 24 stitches and knitted for 22 inches using size 10.5 needles. I still have to put the buttons on but it came out SO nice! Only cost me $14 and is as soft as it wants to be! I’ll post pics later!
Wow Marie thats lovely x