Inch by inch.
July 19th, 2003 by Donna
Here’s the progress on the Bernat Knit and Purl scarf so far; getting longer inch by inch - about six or eight down, 43 or 41 to go. It’s a nice P1 K1 rib with knit rows inbetween. I don’t understand why the rows fit together the way they do, rather than looking more like they alternate, but you can see the changes more on the wrong side of the work.
This week has been all about knitting books, thanks to interlibrary loan - my favorite thus far has been Hip to Knit, by Judith Swartz, which is fun, easy to read and well-laid out and has lots of cute projects, including an unconstructed slim cardigan. The instructions for her two tassel hat helped me finally understand how cables worked, and her mismatched striped socks have me absolutely choming at the bit to sock away. My sock research will get an entry of its own soon, I’m sure.
As if that weren’t enough, I also got The Knitting Goddess by Deborah Bergman, and The Knitter’s Almanac by Elizabeth Zimmerman. A quick look through both of them leads me to conclude that my first impressions will probably be proved right: Bergman’s philosophy of knitting is entertaining, but she’s long on words and short on patterns - though I may never knit long underwear as Elizabeth does, I’ll get more out of the Knitter’s Almanac in the long run.
Back to the needles - I had a goal of finishing the first ball of yarn for the scarf this weekend. Let’s see how close I get.
