Finished my Alligator scarf

Hurray! I’ve finished the Alligator scarf. I have so many projects going it is nice to accomplish one.

I enjoyed knitting this scarf because it was fun to create forms such as the bumps just by increase and decrease stitches.
The yarn is Merino but it not as soft as other Merino brands that I have knit with. I found a few bits of grass within the twists of yarn. The kit definitely has enough yarn. I have about ½ skein remaining. If knitted for an adult I would recommend adding a few extra rows of middle bumps to add enough length to be able to tie.

As you can see it is a scarf fit for a child. I’m sure a young boy would really like it. On me it drapes around my neck but is hard to knot. My friends all have said how great the color is. The sage green color really makes it look like an alligator. When choosing the pattern on the
Morehouse web site there are 14 colors. I’m thinking in the future I might enjoy a scarf of one on the other colors such as gold or purple.

All in All I would knit this Alligator again and have even looked into some of the other fun scarf patterns that Morehouse offers. There is a funny one, which looks like a bunch of foxes linked together. Well, it’s a thought that I’ll consider during the summer. I’ve got too many other projects to finish.

I did finish one more hat which will I’ll show off after our Guild’s hat contest in two weeks.

Happy New Year!

I resolve to be a more consistant blogger. I resolve to knit more. I resolve to pull out my knitting machine and “blaze” away . . . maybe loose weight . . . clean out the closets . . . organize my stash . . . All right; nice dreams! . . . I’ll start here.

We did have a nice holiday season that came and went.

I finished my December Lights Tam in time to wear it for the holiday. It’s cheery red-green combination helped brighten the season. Almost every time I wear it I get compliments. I’ll post my summary soon.

I started and tried to finish a Nordic design pair of mittens for my daughter. They turned out to be way too big so I had to rip them out. I’ve told a few people but was trying to keep it a secret from my daughter for a present. Well she found out by snooping through my knitting bag. So I guess I can talk about it out in the open.

I found a design of mitten with a reindeer motif that I liked. Since my daughter is madly in love with her dog, I thought it would be cute to replace the reindeer with a black lab silohette. I could not find the right silohette that I wanted so I used my Photoshop skills to recreate a new image. I took the legs from one image, the tail from another and the head from a third. I liked how the designed graphed using 35 stiches across but now that I am using less stiches total for my mitten the image is rendered using 25 stiches. With fewer stiches the dog image looses detail. The legs used to be two stiches wide and now they are only one. I’m sort of stuck at this point. I might just continue to knit the less charming dog or try to re-design it.

Any way, I’m putting it aside to work on a hat for the NVKG knit hat contest. Sorry, I won’t post any of those pictures until after the contest since the knit hat owners need to be secret until after the contest.