WIP - I don't believe I am saying this

#1

[B]OK[/B] so I fibbed… I said it would be a long time before I made… yes, you guessed it, another [B]SCARF!!![/B]

My niece, a 16 year old with a mind of her own and definite likes and dislikes, wanted a … yes, you know what’s coming… [B]SEVEN FOOT [/B]scarf. She wanted lime green! I thought I would be ok for a while because I could not find lime green yarn anywhere.

I went to a LYS yesterday to get a set of dpn sock needles. They only had bamboo, so that is what I got stuck with, but they had [B]LIME GREEN [/B]yarn. I bought two skeins! I came home! I started to knit! I am now at 4 feet long on the skinny scarf!

DH is going to our niece’s house on Monday so I have to have this thing finished by then. I’ve been quiet today because I’ve been knitting [B]ANOTHER SEVEN FOOT SCARF… [/B]These girls are gonna kill me with boredom! The good news is that I have three more days to knit this and only three feet left to knit. If I knit one foot a day, I will be done before Monday. If I knit more than that, I will be done before that! :woohoo:

#2

:thumbsup:

#3

I like the ruffle at the ends. Pretty! :yay: What kind of yarn did you use?

#4

This yarn is called The Real Worsted by Kertzer (of the UK). The colur is 5015, Lime.

This is the Ribs and Ruffles pattern only I modified it because it is supposed to be knit with chunky and I could not find chunky in lime. This makes a skinny scarf that can be wrapped around the neck a couple of times and hung down as long as you want it to hang.

Here’s what I did (and will do to finish):

With size US 8’s CO 60 sts.
K 3 rows.
Next row, K2tog across. (30 sts. on needles)
K 2 rows.
Next row, K2tog across. (15 sts. on needles)
K 1 row.
Row 1: K3, yf, sl1 (as if to purl), yb, to last 3 sts, K3.
Row 2: K1, yf, sl1 (as if to purl), yb, k3, yf, sl1, yb, to last st, K1.
Repeat these two rows to desired length of scarf.
Knit 1 row.
Next row, Kfb across. (30 sts. on needles)
K 2 rows.
Next row, Kfb across. (60 sts. on needles)
Knit 3 rows.
Bind off loosely.

So easy! The only problem is I am still in scarf hell! There is only one more when this one is finished and I am going to finish my socks first.

#5

What a wonderful Aunt you are!:cheering:

#6

You are so sweet to do 14 ft of scarves for them :teehee: and a softee (i mean in your heart!):thumbsup:

#7

That’s not the half of it. Since the beginning of December I have knit six scarves and am working on the seventh one now. All but one of them were seven foot scarves, and that one was a five foot scarf. Three of them were for my DD for Christmas. I am so sick of scarves! All I want to do is finish MY socks. When this scarf is finished, I am not knitting another thing for anyone until MY socks are finished!!!

#8

Nice scarf!

#9

That looks very pretty. Only another 3 ft to go!

#10

Hey Sue:

C’mon over. She wanted to know if when I finished the scarf I might have enough yarn left over to make her some fingerless gloves. Wanna have a knitfest? (was going to call it a stitch and b*tch but thought perhaps I should be more politically correct) :roflhard:

#11

I just love that colour . The scarf looks amazing . She is going to love it :slight_smile:

#12

She will love it! Great job :yay:

#13

Wow, you really are in scarf hell, aren’t you? :slight_smile: You’re very sweet to do all that, though! The scarf looks great!

#14

Scarf hell OMG!!! Only 14 inches left and I won’t be in scarf hell anymore! I thought I would hate this colour, but it’s actually not too bad…

#15

You are almost there, may even have finished now. Great job.