Another Neckwarmer
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Here’s the 3rd neckwarmer finished. Kimberly’s coat is blue so I made it to match. I gave it to her last night and she loved it.
Category: Neckwarmers
More Doily
Thursday, December 15, 2005The doily I’m working on has 22 rounds. I was about to start round 14 when I realized round 13 wasn’t correct. As I kept checking, I noticed I messed up pretty big. I ended up having to rip back to round 8! Yikes. Now I’ve successfully fixed rounds 8, 9 and 10 and am waiting for my afternoon break to start on round 11 once again. I think I’ve done this like 4 times already. Hopefully I’ll pay more attention to the pattern and what I’m doing so I don’t have to go through this again. After each round I count the stitches to make sure I have what the pattern says I should. So that I know up to that round everything is correct. So hmm, instead of working rounds 14, 15 and 16, I’m back at 11. Will this thing get finished before Christmas? That remains to be seen.
Last night I also worked on the neckwarmer. I’m doing a rib pattern that is pretty cool. The pattern stitch is a multiple of 6 and is worked over 24 rows. I did two pattern repeats last night. I had originally chosen a different stitch pattern, but didn’t like how it was coming out in that yarn, so I started over with the current stitch pattern. It’s really coming out nicely. I’m not sure how many more repeats I will need to do to complete the neckwarmer, so I don’t know if I’ll get finished tonight, but I will be working on it. Maybe I can get two more repeats done. I anticipate finishing it sometime this weekend.
More Neckwarmers
Tuesday, December 13, 2005Anyone who does a craft gets something just right that everyone has to have. For some people it’s socks, others make dishcloths, yet others make scarves or hats or mitts. For me, it’s neckwarmers. I made one for a friend who requested it. My DH liked it so much I ended up making him one. Now the friend’s wife wants her own. Well, actually it’s probably the friend who wants me to make one for his wife, so she’ll quit borrowing his. LOL! So I’ll be making another neckwarmer in the coming weeks. I hope to have it done by Christmas so it can be her present. I’ve got the yarn, the needles and the stitch pattern picked out. I just need to figure out how wide to make it and get started. They are so simple, they can be whipped up in no time and apparently they are a success! Makes me smile when someone appreciates my handiwork enough to request something. Makes me feel like I’m not doing so bad after all.
Neckwarmer, Take Two
Tuesday, January 18, 2005Yep. I’ve started another neckwarmer. The recipient of the first one was so pleased with his, that my husband got jealous and wanted one of his own. So, I’m making his now. If I can work on it tonight for a bit, I should be done with it tonight or tomorrow night. It didn’t take me long to do the first one, so the second should be quicker since I’m familiar with the pattern now.
Neckwarmer Complete
Tuesday, December 21, 2004The neckwarmer I mentioned is complete. Here is the final product:
I didn’t use a pattern to make this and I’m mighty proud. I used my husband as a guide to know how large to make it. He is about the same size as my friend.
