First?

Now I know it is gonna be a good year.

LOL

Bob's looking huggably plump there. Way to snack, baby! ;)

I just can't help using knots and then weaving in the ends. I'm so afraid it will come undone if there is no knot.

YIPPY!!! Knitting! I, too, pretty much took the fall off of knitting, but am thinking about it again. Also, I got a spinning wheel for Christmas. Oh Boy!

I love the green/brown/oatmeal scarf. I like the little bits of blue I see in there.

Happy New Year, Purlie!

Also, loads off snow here, making me think I NEED to knit in defense. ;-)

psychomom... I use rather long yarn tails and then cross the tail over the working yarn as I go. I do this for all my hats when working in the round, too, and so far (knock on wood, or wool) none of them have come undone yet.

It "locks" the tail in the stitch, and since I do it over like ten or fifteen stitches (me= nervous, too) it seems to hold in real well. But I don't know if I would do this on a garment. Scarves and hats seem okay with it.

Trixie, happy new year to you too!!!! OMG I can't believe you got a spinning wheel, I have to find this flickr site I stumbled on for you, this woman makes crazy hand spun yarn. Vivi would love it. It has ribbons and stuff mixed in!

Love the scarf and the kitties. I do the same as psychomom. I do a knot and then i knit the ends in between. So far it has worked :-)

I love the scarf, and thank you for the knitting/yarn tips!
It's always a pleasure reading you :-)

Awwww, I wanna snuggle up with your kitties. It's freakin' cold here in my office and all I want is to take a nap.

Love the scarf and love the Patons. Guess I'll be heading to my local dealer, er, shopkeeper, to check out the Chunky Tweed. Love it.

I've never commented before (bad me!), but love the scarf! I also love that new soy yarn from Patons. I just made two pairs of Knitty's Fetching mitts from it. LOVE them! And I'm going to look for that tweed, too.

Thanks so much for your wonderful blog. It's the first one I open.

The chunky Shetland Tweed (which I don't have a pic of today, but trust me it's pretty!) looks rather unappetizing on the shelf, but I picked it up and was SO surprised at its softness. Maybe because the Rowan chunky tweed I have is so scratchy, I just associate tweed with scratchy yarn?

I like Patons in general because they have affordable yarns but in really lovely muted colors and fibers (aside from the novelty stuff). I adore shopping at my LYSs, but wow that can get spendy awful quick. I also bought one skein of the Patons Soy Wool Stripes just to see how it knits up. It's so pretty, too! And it's $10 cheaper per skein than the soy stripes at my local yarn shop.

Hey Margaret! How many skeins of the SWS did it take for one pair of Knitty's fetching mitts?

I was really sorry I only bought one skein of this, and now I am shopping-free for three months (boo) (yay!) heheheh. But I was thinking I might be able to use that one skein to make a lacier fingerless glove or something. I just loved the colors.

Yay for your scarf! Its really pretty! I'd just like to say, if you make a hat (the CAP Easy Roll Brim fer example) out of left over yarn, for the love of Pete! DONT make the last three stripes on the very crown in this combination (of Wool-Ease):Blue heather, Brilliant white and Cherry red. You will become a Rocket pop. Thanks to my lovely S.O. who pointed this out, in public. Loudly.
But I still wear it anyway.

I so wish my yarn stash had some sort of color scheme happening. If were to start knitting like that with my stash remnants, it would look like rainbow bright threw up on a bowl of fruit loops! Well, maybe not that bad... but I could never pull together such a beautiful set of colorful lovelies as you've got there! Nice job!

I will mention, though, that you did cheat by buying more yarn to add to your "stash scarf"... just sayin . . . most people try to use up their stash by knitting in this fashion! :)

Laurie, or anyone else who knows about knitting:

Are there any good "how to knit" beginner kits out there? I remember you, Laurie, a while back blogged about some little project kits at Le Tar-jay, and I was wondering if there are any that anyone can recommend for a virgin knitter? You know, one that has needles, yarns, instructions for a beginners' project?

Do you change needle size when you change yarn (to account for the change in yarn weight?)! Just wondering...

And, as my knitting guru,(Caren, at The Village Knittery, in Westlake), says, "There are no knots in knitting!" Knitting the ends in is a good idea.

Oh - and Lion's Brand makes a pure wool now that felts up great. (I found it at Michael's) Happy knitting, Caps!

Love the scarf, Laurie! It's tres funky. I especially like the yellow/brown/black variegated stripe towards the left of the third picture.

I'm curious...when you're knitting in your ends, do you do anything differently when you hit a purl stitch? The knitting the ends I love, but when I was trying this last night on the wrong side of a stockinette piece, my tension went all kinds of wonky. (Funky, good. Wonky, bad.)

Whoops...that last Anonymous was me. Why, yes, I *am* a tech professional, why do you ask?

I am scarf gal myself. I need to quit kidding myself about sweaters and arm warmers and other things... I can bang out hats too, but scarves are my siren's call.

I have tucked the ends, but it looked a bit wonky and they eventually seemed to work themselves out... I love to use completely random yarns for my scarves to the varying thicknesses of yarn get me somtimes... love the scarf and the happy couch load of cats...

I love Paton yarn! Rumor is one of my favorite!

I used 105 grams of SWS for a pair of Pop-up Paws, leaving me with 55 grams – about 75 yards. I'm betting you can just squeeze a pair of fingerless gloves from one 80-gram ball. Pics on my blog.

I love, love, love this yarn! So as not to waste an inch of it, I'm combining the remaining 55 grams with some tan Lamb's Pride in a hat or headband or something.

Usually when I find a really nice yarn I want to save it. This is the first time I've wanted to knit it all up right away!

Mel: I'm sure folks here will have some good ideas for you. The only kit I know for sure that has worked for a beginner is the Lion Brand knit-a-scarf kit:
http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?
CATID=24955&PRODID=51740

My friend Jennifer had never knit before and she bought this and made a whole scarf. But if you can get a friend to teach you, or a family member, or go to a class you'll be able to ask questions (I needed that) and pick out your own first yarn. The shop (or teacher or friend) can select the right size needle for you once you are all set with a yarn.

Gretchen: I haven't been changing needle sizes. Some parts of the scarf are fatter than others, which would drive a few knitters INSANE in the membrane but just makes me love it even more. It's kind of ugly and at the same time unique enough to be almost weirdly pretty.

Catherine: I just brought the yarn tail to the front and crossed it over the working yarn, it seemed okay but I'm using such uh, texture, and all that I'm not sure you could tell if the stitch were "off" a bit. Plus, I tend to knit REALLY REALLY tight, so my gauge is in a death grip at any given time LOL.

hee heee, you said "stick shift"....

There's a great way to change yarns on:

http://www.knittinghelp.com/

I don't knot - I don't know what its called, but I too, knit in the ends as I go. Its handy and I like it because I hate having to weave in afterwards.

The nice thing about that site (VERY good for beginners) is the videos - AWESOME - very specific and she shows you stiches and stuff real time. Very much better than a "learn to knit" kit unless said kit comes with a DVD.

Laurie - thanks to you, my family now has several paton's wool scarves - self striping - they have these GREAT color combos for the self striping at my Michaels. 100% wool. Only problem is sometimes you get mid-scarf and the cheaters KNOTTED yard to finish the ball - and its not even the RIGHT SPOT IN THE COLOR SEQUENCE. Argh. Drives this engineer nuts.

happy knitting girl - I'm working on an afghan - which is just really a large scarf. Or so I keep telling myself.

Glad you posted this. I was just thinking about how to make a "scrappy" scarf and was wondering how to deal with all those ends.

And thanks for the hor-o-scopes! I know they must be a lot of work.

I knit my ends in, too!
For beginners, I think those kits are a good way to start, but it's fab if you can make it to a class, you'd have someone to walk you through it...

It's so fun to do projects like your scarf that don't have many rules - it's nice just to let yourself have free reign and be satisfied with the result. Here's a great tutorial on how to knit in ends: http://sockpr0n.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-weave-in-ends-while-knitting.html
Also, I saw your writing about being excited for your 36th year and all that. In Jewish symbolism, the number 18 (which is called chai) and its multiples signify life. You'll be in your double chai year, which is not only good luck but seems to be an appropriate theme.

*I* have the Sobakowa. Surrender the Bob, Roy and Frankie, and no one gets hurt!!!

Great scarf, Laurie! Love the colors; they're really beautiful together.

I just made two scarves with some stash yarn (orphan skeins) using the "Las Vegas" method. Basically you pick six yarns, assign each one a number, then roll a die to see which yarn to use next. The scarf is made lengthwise, so you cast on 200 or so stitches (use a circular needle) and leave a long tail (6" or so) at each end. Eventually these tails become the fringe. (You can knot them together if you like, though it's not necessary; they won't come out.) Voila - off the needles it's completely done, it goes much faster than a traditional scarf made with many short rows, and there are no ends to weave in! I also like that you have no control over which yarn to use next, which takes all the pressure off of having to "design" the scarf. I made the first one using the Las Vegas method, then a second one using the same yarns, only I skipped the die and decided which yarn would come next (I call this scarf "Leaving Las Vegas.") Surprisingly, neither scarf is noticeably "better" than the other; they both look great and they're a lot of fun to do, especially for beginners. I don't recall the web site offhand where I first saw this, but if you Google "Las Vegas Scarf," you'll find it. It's a blast!

It's looking good Laurie! And I have to say, I discovered the Rumors yarn at Michael's in October and immediately crocheted up a big soft meshy scarf for a friend's birthday. Needless to say, I ran back to the store and bought a few more skeins to whip out some quick and cozy Christmas gifts. It's great stuff! (But my store did not have that green colorway you've got, or I'd have snatched it up for sure.)

Ooh...I may have to try Lisa's Vegas Scarf...(though I'll probably do a crochet version, as that goes much quicker for me.)

Lisa!!! We are sharing a wavelength here!! LOL

I already picked out a whole mess of yarns at Unwind a few weeks ago in all pinks and oranges, all kinds of crazy textures, to make a lengthwise-knitted scarf.

Or I may mix five yarns together to make a single crazy yarn. Who knows. Knitting is very gripping, edge-of-your-seat that way... anything could happen...

Beautiful scarf!

I too fell for the dark green chunky tweed yarn. I am looking for a hat pattern for it, preferably a tam. But it would look good as a lot of things.

Happy New Year, & skritches to the Gang of Four (felines)!

I'm so ashamed of my knots now. It must be the all the macramé I did in the seventies.

Laurie,

What color of the Patons SWS do you need? I have a few skeins of the blue and brown one that are just sitting around here getting dusty.

That's a gorgeous scarf...isn't it fun to break out of the "big stick up your butt" mode and just have fun with colors?? It's so hard for me to do most of the time but I know that I need to!

I'm going to try that manuver, I hate weaving in. Thanks bunches
KnittySue

Laurie, you ARE spying on me -- Patons Chunky Shetland Tweed Dark Forest Green on the kneedles in my bag right now! I made a Brangelina hat from it, but put a funky pompom on the top which my co-worker bought off me for an xmas gift. I'm doing a rib-knit scarf with it now. I was actually daring to think I might knit my first sweater with it in red. Scary though.

Love the crazy mix of yarns.

Laurie and any other readers who are owned by cats,

How do you manage to knit or crochet with kitties in the house? I have 2 5 month old kittens and I simply can not crochet a stitch without their help. I have given up and only attempt to crochet on my lunch hour at work.
If anyone has any secrets they'd like to share about this subject, I'd be pleased to listen.

I realize that this isn't a blog referral site but if anyone is curious as to just how ornery my kittens are you can read about them in my blog:
http://icantbelieveanyonewouldwanttoreadthis.blogspot.com/

Thank you,
TamiW

Liz, thanks so much for the offer! I'm going to try to be "crafty" though and come up with something I can make from my one skein, it's their new pink color.

TamiW... sometimes Bob will attack the knitting or (worst) go into my bag when I'm not keeping an eye on him and chew my needles. VERY BAD. Aside from that they mostly leave the knitting alone, though. They're fat, and lazy LOL.

Great tip for yarn ends, and I must highly recommend the Paton's Rumor yarn, my first "big" project as a new knitter was to make a blankie for my cat Fred--after spending much time feeling every skein and reading the labels since I knew it had to be washable I chose that for the alpaca softness and it was a huge hit with Fred--much kneading and snuggling, he loves it to death. It washes and dries in the dryer with no shrinkage and fluffs up beautifully.

I think Patons should make its move in the yarndustry. Take fibers to the masses a la Michaels. Classic Wool is my absolute fav. Throw in some of that alpaca blend with the SWS, and it's just getting better and better.

Note to Amy about beginner's knitting projects: when I wanted to learn to knit, I went to Michael's and bought a kit for knitting a Teddy Bear. (I also went to amazon.com, my home-away-from-home, and bought the first of the Stitch 'N' Bitch series.) The kit had yarn, needles, stuffing, peel-and-stick felt eyes and nose, and complete instructions. I needed SNB to learn how to cast on, but after a little trial-and-error it was a great introduction. The kit has so much stuffing material, I'm still using it up for additional Teddies using other yarn. The Teddies aren't very big, so they're another good way to use up leftover yarn. (Michael's also has adhesive-backed felt, so I can make my own eyes and noses.)

Unsolicited Tips for knitting in ends:

1. Always carry the end for at least seven stitches.
2. Don't cut the end until you have knitted on for at least five more rows. This gives the end time to settle itself in.
3. Cut the end at an angle so that it is "flat" against the work. It seems to make them stay in better.

Another fun way to use up scraps:
Make a scarf or shawl with each row being different lengthwise, instead of across. Leave the ends hanging out at least 8 inches, trim and knot them into groups of three at the end to make fringe.

1st a question - SWS? Does anyone have a pilling issue? I picked up a skein at Michaels a few months ago and walked around the store, petting it as I browsed (loved the feeling!) But the next thing I knew I looked down and it had started to fuzz and 'pre-pill'. ACK! I put it back.

Tami? Try distracting said kitten with something else - bright shiny noisy objects are good or maybe a wadded-up piece of paper that you can teach her to fetch? (not yarn-related or she will think all yarn is a toy. Veddy bad!)

Bob and Roy look kinda scared...like they know what Soba's up to. Frankie? Not so much.

And Drew? I said "wadded" and "petting". Hee!

This to MEL...
I started knitting 2 years ago and was taught how to cast on and knit....thats it. I think Deb Stollers Stitch-N-Bitch books is very helpful. Great diagrams!
LAURIE,
personally I liked your blonde joke! I love your blog and am so happy to see you knitting again.
Love those kitties!

Oh! The cute KITTIES! Oh!

And here I thought Soba was born with a manifesto.

Only you could make a scarf look that great by randomly striping all your orphan yarns. You should see the scarf I am working on right now. Let's just say it's not so random. Anyhow, it's great to see evidence that you're knitting again! Now, if you will excuse me, I must go stash-diving and see what I can come up with.

psychomom.. shhhhhhhhhhh.. I do knots too.. we won't tell anyone.

Girl those are some bigass cats!

Even after reading your blog for -what 2 years now? - I never realized how freakin huge Roy is. Maybe it's just the angle of the picture, but WOW! (roy is the one on the right? right?) Yeah.. going away now. :)

Ohhhhh...CheeseWHIZ...I just got some...its soooo good...oh...not what the post is about...
never mind.....

Hey it sounds like Rumor is similar in content to Rowan Plaid one of my favoite yarns. But it's way less expensive.

Hehe... it's summer over here!!! Time to be breaking out the swimsuit not the scarf!

I've just gotta say that I love working with Alpaca. In fact that project I started over the summer is just that. Oh, and there's that sweater I made about four years ago as well. Shame I have finished assembling the sweater. Yep. That's right. It currently sits in my closet, fully blocked and begging to be pieced together. Must be that Cancerian wandering mind.

I made a scarf with the Knitpicks Andean Silk- SO SOFT. Alpaca and silk, mmmmmmmmm.

Roy looks somewhat non-plussed at having Frankie next to him instead of Soba; similar, but not identical.

TamiW- Get yourself a spray bottle. Not a mister, because your range is nil. Now fill with water, and practice your shot. When you're fairly accurate, start to crochet. (I'm so jealous, I can't make it work, teaching myself)
When the kitties attack, squirt 'em in the forehead or the BACK of their ear. Water+ kitty ear= BAD. Butt is alos effective. Body shots, not at all helpful. It's also a good idea to begin when they're sleepy, and on your lap or next to you. If they know you're giving them attention when you do that wierd thing with the never-ending toy, they'll stop thinking it's a toy, and realize you are a captive audience, and that's all they really want. Besides bacon. Or chicken. Or catnip.

I knit my ends in too, and for slippery yarns I have a neat trick: I knit a little neutral color wooly nylon in (also caled serger thread; not thick enough to affect gauge) along for a fedw inches on either side of the new yarn and just snip the ends off close to the fabric. It just disappears. As in "poof." The fuzziness of the wooly nylon makes it cling the things that would otherwise, eventually, wiggle out of holding hands with each other.

Happy 2007 everyone!
I made my first hat that wasn't from Crazy Aunt P's billion-step easy hat recipe (that was my very first hat). And I have a question: When you're knitting in the round, how do you make it be TIGHT between the last cast-on stitch and the first stitch where you join it in a circle (calm down, grammar police, you know what i mean.) And, actually, a second question: when you switch to the dreaded DPNs, and you need to keep track of rows (because in the case of my hat which was ribbed all the way from bottom to top, i did need to keep track for decreasing) -- how do you keep the bleeping stitch-marker from falling off and getting lost while you are knitting? Thanks!

whispered: (I do knit in the car on the way to work. It's full daylight, I have an automatic, I have one knee on the wheel holding it straight, and I'm not going more than 5 miles an hour for an hour and a half on the freeway. I limit it to socks (knit stitch only) and never look at my knitting, only at the road. But I do it. Don't tell.)

Federal Government Bans Knitting in Public Buildings

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) -- Citing the rapid rise in the number of new knitters over the past 12 months, the United States Congress and Senate have both taken unprecedented measures in passing a bill banning knitting inside any public building, according to documents released Thursday.

Under the terms of the new law, knitters are required to take their knitting at least 10 yards from any public building. Although they are allowed to carry knitting inside, anybody caught engaging in the act of knitting may be subject to a $10,000 fine or 10 years imprisonment.

According to recent studies, the mere sight of a knitter actively knitting increases a person's odds of becoming a knitter by 200 percent. The dangers of second-hand knitting have long been a concern for Federal worker Irene Schlamp, who is happy to see the bill pass. "It's been a big problem in my department, where people often take four, five, or even six knitting breaks a day. Those of us who want to do our work can't because we're so distracted by the clacking of those damned needles."

But not everybody is happy about the news. "This is so unfair!" says Betty Schnoodle, a worker at a U.S. Postal Service processing plant in Louisiana. "Why should we be forced to huddle outside in the cold when we want to take a knitting break? We're not hurting anybody."

Human rights group AmKnitty International has already filed a suit claiming the new law is unconstitutional and violates the civil rights of knitters everywhere.

Love the color choices in the scarf. I haven't ever seen any Paton's in person. There is a Michael's about an hour away, but when we go to town to shop, it's not often on the list as we usually go as a family. I'm afraid my kids would go nuts in a store like that! I do the knitting in the ends as I go as well, sometimes it creates a bump, so I check it out first. But I'd rather do it as I go than be faced with all of those ends when I'm done.

Hi there! I'm a longtime lurker but I don't think I've ever actually said hello before - I couldn't resist the opportunity now, since you're extolling the virtues of Patons yarns. I can't help but hold a special place in my heart for their Classic Merino Wool and Kroy Socks. And I love the look of that SWS but haven't thought of anything to do with it yet.

The scarf is gorgeous!

Mismatch = chic = pretty!

Thanks for the tip on the weaving in the ends. I am currently working on a stripey scarf and was having difficulty weaving in all those ends. This is a big help!

Laurie, Aija at www.sockpr0n.blogspot.com had a tutorial on her blog about knitting in the ends sometime in December I think or November. It was pretty good and really helped me understand how to do so. :)

Because I am a semi-stalker of your funny funny site, I am enlisting the help of your faithful readers to get you recognized:

http://2007.bloggies.com/

Vote for Laurie/Crazy Aunt Purl!

Laurie, You are awesome. How you could possibly get a straight, non-knitting guy like me to read an entire blog on yarn and scarves is beyond me. But you did it.

Personally, I know it's because you're just so damn cute. So you could write about toe fungus and I'd read it.

Okay, stick with knitting.

Thanks Jay!

Hey everybody! Get over to http://2007.bloggies.com/ and nominate Laurie for a bloggie award or two or eight! Deadline is January 10!!

P.S. you have to nominate a couple different blogs in other categories to make it valid, but I was able to nominate Purlie in a whole bunch of categories.

Cats are so cute when they sleep together. It means that they're done fighting and screeching and biting and stuff. At least for the moment. At least at my house. ;)

And I would *totally* buy a ton of stash before not being allowed to buy any for a long while. Because there's stash-busting, and then there's just torture. Avoid the torture.

The Soy Wool from Paton's felts fabulously too. I bet the kitties would get paws in the air for the new yarn if it turned into another kitty pi. Maybe some felted cat-nip toys too.

I just finished a scarf with the light blue Chunky Tweed, and it's the first thing I've knitted and kept for myself! The colors are just so pretty!

I saw the soy yarns at Michael's before the holidays but managed to keep from buying them. I may just have to go back and get them now! (c:

Laurie, the scarf is so pretty! I love the colors. Thanks for the mention of Patons. It's good to know for when I start looking for my first yarn. I'm glad you're back to knitting, although I love everything else about your blog, including the kitties. I'd have more than one cat if my hubby would let me!

Whew! I am FINALLY finished backreading and am all caught up to Life Today! (well, actually, yesterday...but I was too busy to comment....)

My mom also sent me that joke....because I knit in traffic. Nothing makes traffic move like me picking up my knitting....as soon as I get the yarn wound around my hand...VOILA! Everyone hits the gas! But I do get a few rows done each evening...makes the road rage a little less potent....

OK, first, I have to say that Easy Cheese is not really an option. OK? It is a necessity.

Then, second, the mismatch scarf is one of my favorites and I have gifted a few. But a great solution to the ends thing is to knit it longways (200 co will give you a LOOOOOOOONG scarf) and just let the ends hang as fringe. Then you can even knot them to your heart's content. Just try to start and finish with a similar gauge or one side will be a little shorter than the other. Which is still OK because it makes it ruffle a bit and folks still love it.

You truly are a person after my own heart! (in a plutonic sense of course) I started reading your blog after trying to get my mind off of the monotony of work and I drawn in by your wit, your love of knitting, and I felt like I could relate in the men department somewhat even though my situation was more like I fell in love with and stayed with a con man for a year who ended up leaving me completely broke and more in debt than I ever would be. ANYWAY... Enough with the run-on sentences and men woe. All I really wanted to say was that I recently discovered the Patons SWS and absolutely fell in love with it. It knits up so beauifully!

Laurie,

I've been reading (and laughing along with you) for a month or two now. Keep up the good work.

I also loooove the Patons SWS and have made something out of every single color except the all blue (natural denim, maybe?). Anyway, the Madge hat from knitty.com only uses about 2/3 of the skein, and it looks terrific. I made one for my daughter, and then had to make one for all my nieces. And after I gave them theirs at Christmas, I had to make one for Grandma too. :)

The only problem I have with Patton's Rumor is that it sheds like a long-haired cat on a hot summer day.

I did a pair of legwarmers in the red color, and it's crazy how much it's shedding. Washing didn't help, either.

The scarf looks like tons of fun, and cute too! I'm glad to hear the positive comments about Shetland Chunky, too, since I just bought a mess of it (Biscuit Tweed) to make a giftie cardigan. It's HARD to find nice tweed yarns in a chunky weight without spending more money than I've ever seen in one place....

Jenny-- did you use the same size needles listed on the pattern to make that hat? I love the design, it's so pretty!

I used #10s to make adult hats, but #9s for the kids hats I made. It's pretty stretchy with the lacy holes and all. Also, I'm a reasonably tight knitter. If you knit tightly, I'd go with the 10s. I also added a couple of rows of 3x1 ribbing to the bottom of mine just because I felt like it. :)

Hey! If you want to see some cool patterns for the SWS you should check out http://kodymayknits.blogspot.com/
This gal has designed several that are darling and they are FREE!

I haven't read all the comments, so someone may have already posted this, but there's a great video out on YouTube on how to weave in ends while you knit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3mBMtx3HU

My only question is -- how does one weave in the ends from both the old and new yarns without a huge bulky mess on your hands, since both ends are hangin' out from the same location? Any suggestions, Laurie, or other knitters out there?

P.S. Love the scarf you're knitting. Reminds me of one I saw Carrie Bradshaw wearing on Sex & The City the other night, although hers was all in pinks. Very fun and tactile.

Wish we were having some scarf weather, but it's 73ºF outside, (in January!!), which is just wrong, and is really annoying me.

I can't believe it! >I< just got back from Michael's even though I have a 2007 yarn purchasing ban...and what did I come home with? Yep, 3 balls of Patons Rumor (in Hibiscus Heather)! My excuse is that it's for a present I'm knitting :)

For yarn tails, cast on the long way and use the tail as fringe. I love the automatic fringe and using all the left-over yarn.