The only heated room in the house is kid's bedroom, so not a lot of sewing has been happening since the sewing machine lives in the dining room and that is the coldest room in the house (currently measuring at 9 degrees Celsius).
Instead I have been knitting and crocheting in the kid's bedroom. One blue ruffle scarf to replace a rather ratty looking one a bought 5 years ago.
It looks a bit feather-boa-ish, but is snugly warm and it is the first time I have knitted with 'novelty' yarn. I have been knitting for years, but I have never been very adventurous so I essentially I just stuck to the garter stitch and that was it. Last year I made myself learn how to purl and surprisingly the world did not end and I quite enjoyed learning something new. I still prefer to crochet, but I do like to knit occasionally - variety is the spice of life and all that :-)
My goodness! I do hope heat makes it to the rest of the house soon. In the meantime, if you want to crochet fingerless mitterns, here's a quick and easy pattern. I made them last year and love them. That is scarf is very cute!
ReplyDeleteAnother Jennifer ! Where did you find the scarf pattern ? I think I've tracked down the wool but not a pattern.
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