Remember when I posted about making Beatles-themed crafts after seeing Cirque du Soleil's performance of Love? I've finished the first one. Here's a refresher of the original Help! scarf. Source And here's my version: a massive thing that I gave my sister for her birthday. In these shots, it's wrapped around her neck twice. I didn't measure the beast before I sent it to its new home, but it's probably about 8 feet long. Made with Caron yarn on size 8 needles, this tube scarf was 40 stitches in the round. Each block of color is 20 rows. The only tricky parts are getting a smooth transition between colors and what to do with the yarn ends inside the tube, but they are easy problems to solve. When you transitioning, knit a normal row with the new color, then pull tight the last stitch of the previous color. That last stitch shouldn't disappear entirely, but it will be close, and your problem will be solved. Then, because this scarf ...
Lotta water!! Remember that book? Spousal unit seems to enjoy the water. Beautiful flowers. Looks lovely. How could you be discombobeled (Has to be a real word, they used it in Grinch. They could have said discombobulated but that wouldn't be nearly as funny) with all that beauty and your husband and friends, and family..........could be worse.
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Is the Spousal Unit the one who always leaves a check in "headdesk"?
ReplyDeleteFinnley - yes. Always, regardless of the post. (It's his favorite box.)
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