Friday, January 15, 2016

I made a thing.

The thing I made is now and forever to be known as a "Moebius Scarflet" (until someone comes up with a better name for this thing).

Mommy always used to knit and crochet when we were little (insert "missing" photo of sisters dressed in handmade crocheted Easter dresses). I've recently decided it was time for me to learn, for reals. I had been given this particular skein of yarn and a "knitting loom" for Christmas, from my Secret Santa at work (because I had indicated an interest in learning, and my fave color is purple). Took the loom to my local fabric store, because a "knitting loom" is not going to teach me to knit. Returned it for store credit and then wandered the yarn aisle, looking at needles and hooks. Another customer quickly advised that crochet was the easier skill to learn FIRST, and then she gave me and Stephanie a brief lesson using available yarn and one of the hooks she was buying anyway. I had Stephanie run out to the car to check the weight of the yarn I had, and I ended up buying a set of four rather large hooks (the yarn is considered "bulky", which translates to bigger needles or hooks, bigger stitches, and a really soft and warm end result). With the discounts that Jo-Ann offers automatically, I was able to pay a grand total of $.53 (after the store credit) to make this thing!

Stephanie tells me that it is The. Law. that I now make these for all of my nieces and nephews. It took me four days, with stops and starts and do-overs, to make this thing for myself. I can see being able to crank out one a week for nieces and nephews. You'll have to clue me in on how long/wide you'd like them to be (this one would likely swallow whole any of the children we have in mind), as well as preferred colors. I don't think The. Law. specifically excludes adult family members, and there's probably no distinction between "nieces and nephews" and "GREAT nieces and nephews". So let me know your deets! There's a world of yarn out there, waiting to be turned into Moebius Scarflets!

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  1. Very nice first project. My gram, then later an aunt, and finally my sister TRIED to teach me how to crochet & knit... but as they say about singing pigs... The only thing I ever finished was "supposed" to be a scarf but ended up being a doll blanket in the shape of a parallelogram. Could never figure out how to NOT drop a stitch at the end of one row and NOT add it to the beginning of the other. I no longer handle hot glue either, but highly esteem those who do.

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    1. I found, in the making of this thing, that the last stitch on the row is the easiest to drop, simply because it's typically just too damn tight to wiggle a big-ass hook into! But then you turn it around, so your last stitch becomes your first, and I can't figure out how you can possibly be creating a parallelogram with your dropped and added stitches! My brain's picturing a zig-zag event, which sounds to me like a great look!

      The only reason I don't handle hot glue is the stink. And the mess. And the melting other surfaces while waiting for it to cool. And the mess. And the "I have never really WANTED to handle hot glue, so why would I own the equipment?" And the mess. Pretty much all not-of-my-own doing things, too. I'm really talking about the big kid who lives here. ;)

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  2. I'll just take yours so you won't have to do any actual knitting on my behalf.;-)

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    1. I would be happy to CROCHET you one for yourself, Big Sis! You can't have this one. I'm wearing it already. Nothing "used" to pass on! What color(s), length/width, weight, etc. do ya want? :D

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    2. identical to yours but don't push yourself - i can wait - i just think it looks pretty fab is all

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    3. It won't be identical, because the yarn was part of the Secret Santa gift. But I'll shop for a similar style and weight, and make one that's close. :)

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