Monday, June 20, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Fun Fur Scarf With Rounded Ends Knit Pattern
This is the generic pattern I created and use to make Fun Fur scarves. By doing the increase and decrease rows in the beginning and end of the scarf, it gives the ends a more rounded appearance rather than stopping so abruptly. Generally I use size 15 or 17 needles with 5 to 7 stitches wide for the narrow scarves and 1 ora 2 skeins of Fun Fur. I've also made wider, more substantial scarves which could be used for warmth using 4 skeins of Fun Fur with double strands, size 10 needles and 14 stitches wide. Currently I am working on one with a strand of white and a strand of red which I can wear to the Wisconsin Badger football games we attend in the fall.
Cast on 2 stitches.
Row 1: Knit
Row 2: Increase in first stitch of the row (knit front and back) and knit across.
Repeat Row 2 until you have the desired number of stitches on your needle.
Knit in garter stitch to desired length.
Knit 2 stitches together at the beginning of each row until there are 2 stitches left.
Cast off.
Cast on 2 stitches.
Row 1: Knit
Row 2: Increase in first stitch of the row (knit front and back) and knit across.
Repeat Row 2 until you have the desired number of stitches on your needle.
Knit in garter stitch to desired length.
Knit 2 stitches together at the beginning of each row until there are 2 stitches left.
Cast off.
TThis scarf took 2 skeins of yarn and was 7 stitches wide using size 15 needles. It is 2 inches wide and 60 inches long.
This scarf was made with 1 skein of Fun Fur and was 7 stitches wide using size 17 needles. It turned out to be 2.5 inches wide and 44 inches long.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Returning To An Old Hobby
I started knitting when I was about 9 years old as a project in the 4H fair. Every year I entered a project from the time I was 9 years old until I was 18. I also crocheted, sewed, made some home furnishings, showed my dog and participated in photography as a 4H member.
After that, I didn't knit for years. Between 2002 and 2003, I struggled with racing thoughts from a severe depression and my therapist suggested I take up knitting again to calm those thoughts. At the time, I was volunteering at the a clinic's information desk where I would get very bored and sleepy. I decided that knitting an afghan and scarves might be good way to occupy my time and relieve the boredom as well. I think my first project was to crochet an afghan out of Lion Brand Chenille Thick and Quick yarn in the Kaleidoscope color which was all single crochet. It was very heavy an warm.
I then proceeded to knit a lighter weight afghan on out of Red Heart Super yarn. That was made in 5 panels of 2 different lace patterns. The pattern was called Lavendar and Lace but I made in the Navy Fleck color. I worked on it as we traveled back and forth to our time share as well as while I volunteered. It took me years to complete. Then it came time to sew all the panels together and didn't know how to do it. A friend finally suggested I single crochet them together which I did. I was very happy with the way it turned out.
During 2004 and 2005, I also was trying to lose over 100 pounds and decided that knitting was a good distraction from eating when I was trying to watch DVDs or TV. So I made an afghan out of Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick yarn in the Cranberry color. Since that was done on the Size 50 Speed Stix needles, it went very quick and I completed in about 9 hours over several weeks. That was not very wide but turned out very pretty. I will probably make that afghan again sometime.
Then I deicded to start making afghans for others since I was getting an overabundance of them. So I asked my mom if whe would like an afghan for her living room. I made that out of the Lion Brand Chenille Thick and Quick yarn in the Bordeaux, Champagne and Forest Green colors. I used a pattern called Gentle Waves. I decided that the chenille yarn is sort of hard to knit with because it becomes very tight on the needle if you let it set for awhile. Also, I don't think I like the bamboo needles I used for the first time. It took me about a year to complete the afghan as I mainly worked on it while traveling on trips and watching DVD's which I hadn't been doing very frequently lately.
In a future blog, I will post some other scarves and afghans I completed but I need to take photos of those in order to show what they look like.
After that, I didn't knit for years. Between 2002 and 2003, I struggled with racing thoughts from a severe depression and my therapist suggested I take up knitting again to calm those thoughts. At the time, I was volunteering at the a clinic's information desk where I would get very bored and sleepy. I decided that knitting an afghan and scarves might be good way to occupy my time and relieve the boredom as well. I think my first project was to crochet an afghan out of Lion Brand Chenille Thick and Quick yarn in the Kaleidoscope color which was all single crochet. It was very heavy an warm.
I then proceeded to knit a lighter weight afghan on out of Red Heart Super yarn. That was made in 5 panels of 2 different lace patterns. The pattern was called Lavendar and Lace but I made in the Navy Fleck color. I worked on it as we traveled back and forth to our time share as well as while I volunteered. It took me years to complete. Then it came time to sew all the panels together and didn't know how to do it. A friend finally suggested I single crochet them together which I did. I was very happy with the way it turned out.
During 2004 and 2005, I also was trying to lose over 100 pounds and decided that knitting was a good distraction from eating when I was trying to watch DVDs or TV. So I made an afghan out of Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick yarn in the Cranberry color. Since that was done on the Size 50 Speed Stix needles, it went very quick and I completed in about 9 hours over several weeks. That was not very wide but turned out very pretty. I will probably make that afghan again sometime.
Then I deicded to start making afghans for others since I was getting an overabundance of them. So I asked my mom if whe would like an afghan for her living room. I made that out of the Lion Brand Chenille Thick and Quick yarn in the Bordeaux, Champagne and Forest Green colors. I used a pattern called Gentle Waves. I decided that the chenille yarn is sort of hard to knit with because it becomes very tight on the needle if you let it set for awhile. Also, I don't think I like the bamboo needles I used for the first time. It took me about a year to complete the afghan as I mainly worked on it while traveling on trips and watching DVD's which I hadn't been doing very frequently lately.
In a future blog, I will post some other scarves and afghans I completed but I need to take photos of those in order to show what they look like.
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