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[slemslempike]

I have knitted my mum a scarf:




It was incredibly easy - stocking stitch forever, and then drop stitches right at the end. They're not entirely evenly spaced now, but I don't think my mum will mind. It's mochi plus yarn, which I got for a cardigan and then realised wouldn't work. (And now I've got off the whole idea of the cardigan so I'm going to frog it, or maybe turn the torso bit into a sleep bag for my new relative.) It's lovely and soft.

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[sabethea.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

Do you use big needles and thinnish yarn to get the hole-y effect? I like it a lot.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

It is aran yarn, apparently, but it was very variable and felt quite a bit thinner to me. I used US 10 needles (can't remember the metric version!). You're supposed to knit it quite loosely so that the ladders at the end work well.

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

Ooh, fab. I have a bookmark telling me the US to UK needle comparison. And this is absolutely glorious. I regret to admit that anything I do will emphatically NOT look like this, but I'm willing to give it a go :) It'll make a change from rugs, which is my current obsession (which *are* my current obsession)