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Knitmama
Seriously Hooked
USA
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 Posted - 01/19/2005 : 11:38:17 AM
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This is the scarf I posted about last week that ends up with 720 stitches on the needle. It took about four hours to make, and cured my need to have small, manageable numbers of stitches. Some of you had asked to see pictures, and I just got around to taking them. Here you go!
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[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/Knitmama/08f19035.jpg[/IMG]
Rachel
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RoseByAny
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USA
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Posted - 01/19/2005 : 11:42:14 AM
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Rachel, that looks fantastic - what was the pattern again?
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
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Knitmama
Seriously Hooked
USA
682 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 11:51:11 AM
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Cast on 90 sts
Row 1: Knit
Row 2: Knit into front and back of every stitch
Row 3: Knit
Row 4: Knit into front and back of every stitch
Row 5: Knit
Row 6: Knit into front and back of every stitch
Row 7: Knit
Bind off
I used less than two skeins of Trendsetter Dune with #13 needles. Apparently using larger needles and a thinner yarn helps the spirals. Glad you like it!
Rachel
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vicky by the bay
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 01/19/2005 : 12:14:57 PM
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Very very nice! It only took 4 hours? Wow! I guess I must be really really slow. Maybe as I get better I'll get faster?
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RoseM
Permanent Resident
Canada
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Posted - 01/19/2005 : 12:25:03 PM
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Love it, Rachel! I'm with you Vicky -- my hands would be working on that baby for maybe twice as long. I'm going to make one too - thanks for posting.
RoseM
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Knitmama
Seriously Hooked
USA
682 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 1:01:36 PM
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You might be surprised how fast it goes. I was. I was heavily motivated, because I was trying to finish it to wear it to a wedding (I got it done in time), but even so, I think it's a 4-6 hour scarf. There's nothing complicated to it. I was up to somewhere over 600 stitches by two hours-- it was the last row and a half and the binding off that took longest. And I'm telling you, I had never made anything that required me to cast on more than about 40 stitches, simply because I was afraid I'd never have time to finish a row. The one piece of advice I would give is to be sure you're using long enough circs! I didn't think about it carefully and used 24" circs, and I was really fighting with the stitches in the last row. I think longer needles would have made it easier. I like it, though-- it's fun to have made a scarf that 1) doesn't look like a rectangle, and 2) I was scared of making. :)
Rachel
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kekokat
Seriously Hooked
USA
845 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 1:01:57 PM
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| This is the nicest one I've seen. The color variation makes it, I think. I've seems some of the white/beige ones and they seem a bit too reminscent of intestines to me. I like yours a lot and am now inspired to make one. Tonight, of course. (o: |
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imamshua
Chatty Knitter
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 2:16:16 PM
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I've been looking for a pattern to do just that! Thank you so much for sharing.
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littleturtlemama
Chatty Knitter
100 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 2:23:31 PM
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must. not. add. to. to-do. list.
must. not. add. to. to-do. list.
must. not. add. to. to-do. list.
(Do you think if I keep repeating this to myself I'll manage to make it throught eh next 24 hours without casting on for this absolutely fantastic scarf?)
nah, me neither!
Theresa, knit-at-home mama to AJ, Ethan, MacGregor & my biggest baby:
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griffsmom
Gabber Extraordinaire
457 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 2:31:47 PM
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That is absolutely awesome! Now I want to make one too! 
*~*Lori*~*
"Measure wealth, not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money." ~ Unknown
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DoodleEwe
Chatty Knitter
115 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 3:44:46 PM
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It's beautiful. Well done on conquering that phobia, even better that you have something gorgeous to show for it 
Families are like fudge . . .mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
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ladyamythyst69
Gabber Extraordinaire
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Posted - 01/19/2005 : 5:38:42 PM
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| Your scarf is great! It inspired me to look up the Trendsetter yarns and I found that I really like the Aquarius yarns. Do you think the scarf would work done in a ribbon type yarn? |
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freckles
Sustaining Member
USA
821 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 5:45:27 PM
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Thank you for posting your pics! I had forgotten about this scarf until I saw this thread!!! Now I definitely HAVE to make it! SOON!
karen in the U.P. of MI |
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KysKnitnMom
Permanent Resident
1050 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 5:45:41 PM
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That is so pretty! I might just have to make one too. I have desperately been trying to do something other than another scarf but I just can't resist!
Megann, in sunny San Diego.
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Kellann
Chatty Knitter
USA
143 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 10:22:15 PM
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That is so cool...I am going to have to make one of those!!! Great job Knitmama!
Kellann
"Get those needles movin' ladies and gents!"
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twstdstchs
Chatty Knitter
178 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2005 : 10:22:36 PM
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Now stop it!! I just posted about my new resolution. (spend as much time actually knitting as I do here, reading, shopping for knitting)
Well...maybe if I finish one or two I can add this?
It's beautiful, great work! S. |
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Jolene
Sustaining Member
USA
315 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 04:35:27 AM
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Uh oh! I've got 2 skeins of Dune stashed Guess I'll have to make this. I'm really on a roll finishing (trying to) things on needles...drat!!Oh well.
jolene
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Knitmama
Seriously Hooked
USA
682 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 06:06:39 AM
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Thanks for the sweet comments, everyone. My knitting teacher has made four or five of these, all with different yarns, so Dune certainly isn't the only choice. I picked it specifically to dress up an outfit-- I was going for warmth in dressing for a friend's wedding and needed to add a little sparkle. I think as long as it's not a particularly heavy or bulky yarn, it would probably work. The middle strip is the cast on edge, and then the other kabillion stitches twirl around it. If you make them, I'd love to see pictures!
Rachel
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Lanea
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USA
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carols
Permanent Resident
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 07:09:42 AM
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Koigu, koigu, koigu....
just a thought. and a rather expensive one at that.
Carol |
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PamS
Seriously Hooked
USA
943 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 08:57:17 AM
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Great pics and great pattern! How many yards do you need?
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