Yep. 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.
The 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.
A friend of mine requested a neckwarmer last year. So I finally got some yarn and began working on it last night. I’m not using a pattern per say, but I cast on 26 stitches and am working in the sailor’s rib pattern. So far it is looking very nice and I think it will be warm enough. I will post a photo when it is completed. I’m knitting it in Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky, the color is charcoal to match his leather jacket and helmet (he wants it to wear when he rides his Harley).
Here is the finished scarf. The one I started at the beginning of my knitting adventure, then didn’t like it, ripped it and put it in the drawer. I like how it turned out and the homespun is very soft and warm. I hope my sister likes it. I will be mailing it soon.
Well, my adventure in teaching mom to knit didn’t go as well as I’d hoped. She had a hard time grasping it. She was able to cast on great. But just couldn’t get the knit stitch. She tried and tried and just wasn’t getting it. So she gave up for now. She said when she has a little more time, when she gets home, she’s going to try again. She was also amazed at how quickly I picked it up. It’s interesting how history repeats itself. She taught her mother to crochet. And there I was trying to teach her to knit. She knew how to do it, but just couldn’t make her hands do what she wanted them to. I even showed her by doing it myself slowly and she watched a little video of someone doing it while explaining how. She also looked at diagrams, so she knew what she was supposed to do. Just couldn’t do it. We tried several different needles to see if they would help, but it didn’t make any difference. Oh well, she was still appreciative that I tried to teach her and said she wouldn’t give up completely just yet.
Besides teaching mom, I finished her dishcloth. I also worked a little on my sister’s scarf and got a good bit done on the second sleeve of Chamomile. I’ve decided I’m not going to start anything new just yet. I want to finish what I’m working on currently. I’ve still got 1/2 of my crochet afghan to do, so I’m going to work on those. Maybe once I got the scarf done and a few more afghan squares out of the way, I’ll start my sleeveless top.
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