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February 9, 2005

Perfectionism rears its ugly head

Knitted a few rows on my fuzzy scarf and then scrutinized my Beginner Scarf, which I will now call the Tokyo scarf, after the name of the yarn. I can't knit on it anymore since I have no aforementioned Tokyo yarn, but scrutiny is free and plentiful.

Problem is ... as my Tokyo Scarf shapes up, it's... a bit wide. And thick. Maybe it's because my stitches were so loose at first, or because I pulled the yarn, or maybe there are just too many stitches cast on. Wonder if blocking will fix this? Hmmmm. And the folks at Lani's said two hanks of yarn is plenty for normal scarves (har har) yet I'm only 25 or so inches in on my monster Tokyo Scarf, so clearly I'll need one if not two more skeins. That brings the grand total to what.... over $50?

In other news, I'm going to teach myself to purl from the Stitch n' Bitch book, I just can't wait until class on Saturday!

Progress pics:

The Splash scarf is coming along

Roy helps me knit by keeping the yarn warm. Ahem.

Posted by laurie at February 9, 2005 10:28 AM