At the same time I also had an epiphany where I FINALLY understood the purpose of the loop scarf or cowl-type scarf: Yes! It stays out of the way! If you wear scarves around the house like I do to try and keep warm, and you are also trying to cook or change a baby's nappy, you will understand why this is important. I felt like a lightbulb finally went on in my brain.
So I am going to attempt to sew the ends of my scarf together to make a loop, and see how that works. I'm knitting it on large needles, doubled (one ball of mustard yellow and one ball of very pale beige) and only 15 stitches wide so that it's quick. It's coming along nicely! This is what it looked like a few days ago:
It's quite a lot longer than that now - I'm on my second balls of wool - and I think I'm nearly done! I do hope it works.
Looks cute!
ReplyDeleteI haven't learned to knit yet, but my hubby had to learn for one of his classes in uni. That Christmas, we had agreed to not buy each other anything but make something instead (because we were really that poor), and I was shocked when he handed me a gift with the beautiful scarf inside. I wear it all the time. :)