Sunday, August 20, 2006

Still waiting..................

And now, instead of wasting my time thinking up things for Mr. Postman (whom I don't truly hate- it is more the system that anything else that is annoying me) (why can't we just beam things around, like on Star Trek???)-I am thinking up things for my next secret swap- the Funky Scarf Swap.
At first, I thought I would try something from "Scarf Style"- I went here for some inspiration- http://www.interweave.com/knit/events/scarfstyle/scarfstyle_winners.asp. Then I asked friends for some of their ideas. I won't say what they were, because when I asked Becky (http://knitting-interrupted.com/) what she thought, she confirmed my definition of tacky. And that's about as far as I am going to go with that!
Soooooooo- I started this one- from "Scarf Style" I adore this scarf. I don't have the tons and tons of Paternayan yarn that is called for in this pattern. But I DO have quite a bit of odds and ends of Starmore yarns. (mostly Campion) But what I need is a brighter palette from which to choose. To make the scarf really "sizzle". Then I played around a bit with some Anne yarn (by Schaeffer)-I will have to add that picture later, since blogger won't do it right now. And tossed that in the "not quite right" pile. And I ended up with something that I think will be very sharp-and I will reveal it when the time is right!

4 comments:

Mandy said...

I have to agree that many of the scarves on that page are ugly. But... holy crap, did you check out the "Me and my Shadow" scarf?? That thing is brilliant. I can't get over it. Thank you for linking to that. :)

miss ewe said...

I just love that book. So many great inspirations.

It was great to meet you the other night, and thanks again for bringing door prizes!!! We'll do it again towards the end of the month...

Anonymous said...

maybe you should define tacky for me so i don't make a blunder ;) your funky scarf secret knitter

miss ewe said...

PS: Deb... here's the International Scarf Exchange I was telling you about, if you're interested.

http://scarfexchange.blogspot.com/