Being a Good Auntie

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I promised to make scarves for our two young nieces. Little did I know the yarn I said I'd use is no longer available. Not even on eBay. So I went shopping and bought a variety of yarn, as close to the requested color as I could get, and started knitting. I wasn't thrilled with any of the resulting scarves and went shopping again. This time I began combining different yarns, trying to come up with a better match. I now have seventeen scarves. I think I need psychiatric help.

Comments

[mrs-sweetpeach.livejournal.com]

The bias is amazingly simple and coping with interruptions wasn't a problem. What I did was put two stitch markers on the edge that begins with k2tog. When I started stitching on that row, I knew I was supposed to knit two together, knit all the way across, and end with a kfb. (Then, turn, k all the way across, turn and repeat, repeat, repeat).

Pattern is here: http://shelbyknits.blogspot.com/2005/04/bias-scarf-pattern.html

[bloggingchick.livejournal.com]

Maybe I can tackle it another time. I ended up trying the double moss stitch which so far looks ok. I have a whole pack of bobby pins to mark each row that makes it relatively easy for me to remember if I should start with 2 knits or 2 purls.