The home stretch is the longest

I have officially pasted the 6 foot mark on the scarf. That was the intended length. Yeah, that didn't happen. I've been forced to start another repeat because the scarf didn't want to end. It wanted to be 8 feet. That's not the point of this blog though because I've already discussed the never ending scarf syndrome and yarn communication.

No the point of this blog is knitting without going anywhere. You know when you first start a project every inch seems like such an accomplishment then by the end you can knit for hours and it seems like you've done nothing even thought you've knit like 18 inches? I'm suffering from that problem right now. I have been watching Grey's Anatomy episodes for a paper I'm writing (Yeah I know, I hate me too) and since I can't just sit and watch TV/computer screen as the case my be, without feeling totally useless, I picked up my ravenclaw scarf that I put in the corner last week as punishment for disobeying my order to finish and started knitting. I knit no less than 18 inches. I haven't actually measured it but it was at least 18 inches yet I still feel like I'm not any closer to finishing. In fact I kind of feel like I'm going backwards.

Yes, I am un-knitting. Not frogging, un-knitting. There must be some magical spell on my needles so that every stitch i knit removed two from what I have already done. That's the only explanation I can come up with as to why after a couple of hours of knitting I am no closer to finishing.

To really drive home this tragedy, Spring has started to open its sleepy eyes here in Toronto. Today is actually a tolerable temperature and it's completely sunny outside. Not that mocking sunshine where it's a completely cloudless day but the temperature is cold enough to make you nose fall off in about 3 seconds. No, the sky is just.... Sunny.

All this work and I won't be able to wear this scarf. Damn it.

Behold! Michela Cables!

Behold the glory of beautifully executed cable! On my first cabled project I ended up with some very cool and totaly werable! These are wrist warmers made in an irish hiking scarf style by the way. I found a pattern that look easy enough so I finally bit the bullet and taught myself to cable. Now I'm addicted. Can't stop, thinking about making a matching scarf which I really shouldn;'t because I haven't even finished the ravenclaw scarf yet.

These totaly awesome wrist warmers were a procrastination project. I admit it. I used knitting to put off writing a research paper, and I used the wrist warmers to put off finishing the scarf that must be magical because it's never ending. I swear, I've been knitting the same 3 inches over and over.

Here's a parting 'action' shot of the awesome wrist warmers. I'm just so proud. While I was knitting them, I'd stop every few inches and think 'Wow, I actually made that!'

The Scarf that won't quit

The Ravenclaw Scarf doesn't want to end. I started the 6th and what should been the final repeat last night, actually while I was on the bus (Yes, I am a public knitter), and it has become clear that this scarf doesn't want to be 6 feet. It wants to be 8 feet. 2 extra feet of knitting. Each foot takes nearly 3 hours. Thats 6 hours longer until I get to wear my scarf.

My sister asked when I was whining about the scarfs strength of will, why I just didn't finish it at 6 feet like I planned. She's a non-knitter. She just didn't understand that yarn can communicate with it's knitter. I may have scared her away from ever wanting to pick up a set of needles.

Oh well, I'll get her eventually.

iKnit

Welcome to Michela Knits! The Ramblings of a slightly beyond beginner knitter who hides under the guise of a University Student. After boring my non-knitter friends and family with my knitting comments, rants and triumphs for many months, I have given up on making them realize the beauty of a well constructed object or the euphoria of a yarn bargain. I must turn to the internet to fulfill my knitting needs and I do so happily! This blog is an off shoot from my ‘real life’ blog (scoff! As if knitting isn’t my real life, Ha!). If you’re just dying to know all about my random comments on non-knitting life head over to http://michelasmind.blogspot.com/. On to the good stuff! My latest project err… projects. I’m working on a Harry Potter scarf for myself.

Note the Tinker Bell makeup bag that is doubling as a yarn holder.

It’s going to be at least 6 feet long, possibly 7 or 8 if I’m feeling inspired. Plus fringe. It’s a very simple pattern which is my most favourite part of it. Garter stitch stripes. Each stripe is 6’ long. That’s it. Switch colours every six (or so) inches. I adore no-brainer patterns. The picture above was taken before I start studying for a Geography test. I nearly doubled that length in the 5 hours I studied/knitted yesterday.

This is the first chance I’ve had all year to actually make myself a scarf. I spent all fall and winter making scarves for other people, whether they be by request or for Christmas, meanwhile my own poor neck is freezing. I got rather desperate a few weeks ago when the cold finally hit Toronto, and I used a too-big Calorimetry (see knitty.com for details)