Love the diagrams!

Thanks. As you can see, I've gotten a lot of WORK done so far this morning ;)

I finished the principal knitwork on my Magic Scarf. It's between 6 and 9 feet long! Once I get the ends woven in I will post a pic.

I love the "magic" scarf pattern - I've made quite a few of them as gifts, and love the oohs and aahs the simple pattern gets. (If they only knew...) :)

So pretty, and so simple. You know, simple if you can count. I probably won't try it though; I can't count very well....

love, love, love this pattern! must make one! or five. i'll add it to my current list of knitting projects...which is about a yard long. but anything to buy yarn. and more yarn!

ps. it appears i am a yarn sniffer too. didn't know it until i caught myself smelling the scarf/shawl i was knitting last night.

The Noro scarves are making your cats look all together regal, they might forget their station in life.

Oops, I forgot, they're cats. They rule the universe...

I'd better knit some Noro basket weave scarves to keep the rest of the cat population happy. I'd make one for Minou too, but I'm afraid it would just make her look little and cute and do nothing for her plans for world domination.

I give directions the exact same way you do. You woudl think that since I
a)live in a teeny, tiny town -and-
b) have lived in the teeny, tiny town forever

That I would know the names of allt he streets. But no - I still give directions that always include vague refernce points. It is the Southern in us that makes us give odd directions.

Gorgeous. I've been searching for a good scarf to attempt for my best friend who is going away to school in North Carolina this fall. I think I shall try this. Wee for knitting!

I'm looking forward to your first book--CAP Nation?

I made a magic scarf type pattern as my very first knit item. It is half ugly and half "hey, I think I got this". Photo in my blog.

This is one of my favorite posts of all time!! And girl! You will be teaching knitting before you know it, you explain it so well. I can't wait until you find out that it is ALL just knit and purl. You are already a force to be reckoned with, there will be no stopping you.

Oh I can't wait until you start designing full force.

Well, miss can't talk knitting.... you are now on the Internets heh he. OH HOW I LOVE YOUR SCARF!!! It's like my brain, if my brain were yarn.

Anmiryam!!! MISSED YOU!!!!!!!!

Curse you knitters!!!! I am going to dive in head first into the knitting pool of hell. I have my first private lesson next Wednesday to learn how to knit a baby blanket for my best girlfriend who's having a baby in December. Wish me luck! eeeekkk!!!

ROY IS A STAR!!!! I love your cat. Oh, the scarf is pretty cool, too. Have a great week!!!

As Roy clearly knows...

Dogs Have Owners,
Cats Have Staff.

Pets in knits! Always the right choice!! Maybe we should put together a coffee table book?

hmm...maybe I should send you a pic of the sweater i knit my dog. possibly the only sweater i will ever knit. i either knit it too small or my dog is too fat. i prefer to think it's my fault....since my little penny is just too sweet and cute to be anything but perfect.

Thanks for the secret to the Magic Scarf. Just in time for my flight to visit Family.(I'm knitting a scarf on the plane)

I read your blog everyday. I love your cats!

oh my gosh..i'm going on a plane soon too...i should learn how to knit so i can make something cool on the plane too...where on the internet can i learn to knit? fool-proof and in the next 16 days? help?

oh and in the wal-mart the other day, i was walking past the yarn and after checking to make sure that nobody could see me, i gave the yarn a little sniff...and y'all, i don't get it! maybe when/if i'm a REAL knitter....

Ah, the problem is that you were sniffing the yarn at Wal-Mart. That's mostly or all acrylic, which has no smell.

Go to a shop that carries natural fibres. Animal fibres like wool have a distinct smell; silk and cotton, not so much.

even the cute fuzzy stuff? cuz i did make sure to smell the prettiest stuff (yeah, that would totally make it smell better! duh...whatever)

ok, well, now i have to search the internet for "good" yarn stores in edmonton...i did manage to find a very helpful site with not-too-hard instructions...well, i mean, i guess it remains to be seen how helpful it will end up being...lol...duh and i totally realized i could go to my public library and oh my gosh, take out like a real book about it...cuz i do know how to read...

Hey! I'm famous! And it's all thanks to CAP and her Magic Scarf (Magic Cat Blanket). That cheered me right up.

The cat still loves her blanket, and I loved making it. I might have to make... ooooh... a Magic Scarf out of Rowan Big Wool Fetish and Tickle.... (talk about fetish... me and RBW...)

Oh, yeah. You can find beginner books at the library. There's also stitchguide.com, which is really helpful for knitting, crochet, and needlepoint stitches. Most stitches have little videos to go with them.

so cool...im so excited and my husband totally thinks i'm a freak....which, you know, i totally am but whatever....so what?
thanks geogrrl...(i had to check and make sure i was spelling it right....lol) stitchguide looks totally helpful...

Hey, no problem. Glad to help. My husband doesn't think I'm a freak (anymore). He's gotten used to the knitting obsession.

The mechanics are actually pretty easy. Once you master knit and purl, the world of knitting is pretty much your oyster.

I think that Crazy Aunt Purl needs her own knitting and therapy/coffee clutch teevee show...or hey girl, write a book! How many times have I said this to you already????

I am making a baby blanket in the basket weave pattern. It does look so cool!! If my friend assumes that it took blood, sweat and tears to make it I'll let her think that!

And hey, you know your in the south when you drive the same way to work everyday, have no idea what the name is of the road you're on, but when you say "I go past that little store that turns into Smith's Opry on Tuesday nights" they all know where you are!

Love your blog! Now that you've made magic w/ knits and purls in a basketweave, try this simple (FREE) scarf pattern w/ just knits and purls and REALLY impress the heck out of someone!

Not only does the pattern create beautiful little alternating triangles of stockinette and reverse stockinette, it creates gentle "pleats" for even more gorgeous texture. I don't think the picture of the little swatch included w/ the pattern really does it justice, but trust me, knit up a little swatch of your own and you'll be hooked.
Perhaps I'll try sending you a photo of my own project in this pattern to tempt you further.

Hey! The URL didn't show up! What gives!
Trying again:
http://knitting.about.com/library/blscarf.htm

Great pattern! I love the little graphics too. Now it's a professional recipe, despite lack of swatching and cooking :)

I think it's great that you're channeling the June Glooms into something creative and useful (even if your boss doesn't call it that!) Great job! The recipe has bumped the Magic Scarf WAY up on my WIM list.

Do all of you (y'all) think that we could somehow work up a scratch and sniff for yarn as a tipped insert in one of the major knitting magazines?

I'm only half joking...

Laurie, now I understand why I so enjoyed making mine about a thousand years ago--you named it, it's MAGIC! I knew there was something special about it. (to the commentor above me--A scratch 'n' sniff! Bwaahh, hahh, hahh! I would like a feel 'n' sniff, but that sounds downright naughty.)

http://sputnik1.blogspot.com/2005/06/wilde-wilde-scarf.html

Have you seen this knit/purl checkerboard basketweave sweater pattern?

http://www.ingenkonst.se/sjc4_e.htm

I saw it last night and thought of you.

I love those stix, uh I mean needles. Where did you get them?