Chevron "Modelled"

It's the best I could do. I cut my nose out of the photo because it looked big. You can get the general idea of the fit. Mine is a bit longer than the model in the LMKG book. My daughter said I should put my hair in a beehive to look like the book more. But I thought that was going too far. Rob took the photos in the garden. My next door neighbour (not the wierdo loony one), rang while we were doing it and my daughter answered the phone and said we were taking photos. She straight away looked out of her upstairs window to see if we were doing anything illegal, I think. Not then we weren't, lol!

Here's some close ups of my darling..

This is my favourite photo..

Chevroff

Thank you all for your advice on my chevron scarf. Just a quick post to let you know-it's over. We have ended our long term relationship amicably. After casting off, I lovingly bathed it in delicates and silk wash and then pinned it out in my work room upon 2 jazzercise towels. That was nice of me, hey? I'll post some pics of me in the obligatory chevron scarf pose tomorrow when it's dry.

My daughter wants me to knit her one in pinks, so we spent a while last night having a trawl through Ravelry, where, would you guess, there are 522 chevron projects currently on the go. Amazing. I love that place. Anyway, she picked the colourscheme she likes, from this knitter and I've put it on my (growing) shopping list for next Friday.

Thank you Green for your comment especially. I read them just after I cast off. 9 feet long is impressive though!!!!

By the way, this is my 100th post. Here's to the next 100!

Chevron Addiction

Because I don't have too many wips at the moment (manical laughter ha ha ha ha) I thought now would be a good time to cast on something that I've been wanting to knit for a while....the Chevron scarf from LMKG.

This......


has become this......


How cool is that?? If you click on the picture, you get a good look at it!

It's such an easy pattern to knit, and SOOOO addictive. I want to pick this up and knit it the whole time.

And, as an added bonus, because blue and green are my favourite colours, aand I wear them alot, this knitting goes with whatever I'm wearing!!!!!

Have a closer look....


One of my best girlfriends is not well at the moment, and I've been going with her to various doctor's appointments. It's great because I just get out my knitting and then knit uninterrupted for 30 minutes or so. I hope she gets better soon, but her cloud has a silver lining for me and my scarf!!

Tell you what though, I really need a yarn swift. I've put one on my Christmas list. Winding it around my feet and then bending over rolling it into a ball is not the most glamorous pose I've ever been in!! My family kept walking past me staring at me as if i was cracked.

I've joined a Clapotis KAL as well. Am I the only knitter in blogland who has not knitted this??

Hah, not for long.

Still searching for the right colour yarn for the Silver Belle...........

Grrrrrrrrr!

The blankie is driving me round the twist AND up the wall. Last night, after I had stuffed my face, me and the dog settled down to an evening of knitting. I was on about row 12 when I started. By about row 15, I started to notice that I was a stitch out on the pattern. Bear in mind that each row takes a bloody long time to do, it's so bloody loooong. Anyway, I carried on, knitting 2 tog here and picking up 1 there to try and even it out. It got more and more on my nerves and by about row 21 I couldn't bear it anymore and ripped it all back to the moss stitch border. The dog looked a bit scared, and it was touch and go for half an hour, but we have gone through the pain and I am back to row 20 and it is beautiful again. AaaaaaaaH Big sigh of relief. And b r e a t h e
Here it is now...


These books arrived this morning (I did order them)

Yes, yes yes, I know I'm the last person in the world to get the last minute knitted gifts, but I REALLY want to kit the chevron scarf, especially as I love koigu. The yarn harlot book is to read on holiday.
These are the 2 things I love from the book..

and

Have a good weekend!