Anyone else have a favourite, simple make? My guilty pleasure is knitting scarves. I like nothing better than hunkering down on the sofa of a Winter’s evening with a self-patterned yarn and knitting away, eager to see which colour comes through next 🙂
I made five such scarves for Christmas presents this year. Two for friends (top right), one for my sister-in-law (top left), one for my mother-in-law (below) and one for Sheila of Sewchet fame as part of her Stitching Santa parcel. You’ll have to hop over to her site for an image though sorry, as I totally forgot to take one of it before it got posted…
I’ve exhausted myself of scarves for now though (and run out of people to knit them for). I already have an alarming amount myself! My excuse is that we live in an old and very cold house and I’m sticking to it. To replace my simple, scarf knitting I’ve found a fab ‘Squishy Ted‘ pattern in Issue 119 of Knit Today. I’m hoping it will make both of my children a comfy, reading cushion. Here’s hoping it will make as satisfying a project as my trusty scarves 🙂
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Those scarves look so cosy. I think I’d like a Squishy Ted for myself!
Thank you! They’re cute, aren’t they? 😉
I don’t knit much but when I do I love the excitement of colour changes in variegated yarn too! Bet your kiddos are gonna love those cushions
Hoping my son doesn’t consider himself too old for such things… 🙂
I’m sure he won’t, I bet H would want one if I offered to make him one 😀
The scarves are lovely….and an old, cold house is certainly reason to keep cranking them out. But Squishy Ted! He is reasons to change it up for a while. What a cute pillow. What colors are using for your Teds?
Bought some similar balls of wool earlier to the one in the photo. Looking forward to knitting a couple up 🙂
Very nice! You’ll share of course?
Of course 🙂
What a great concept – hadn’t realized my guilty pleasure was also crocheting scarves! I seem to be “cured” of that one, but every once in a while I still try my hand at a scarf… Your pillow is adorable and I’m sure your little monkeys will enjoy them a great deal!
Thank you! I’m such a slow knitter though, it will take me a while.. Probably why I enjoy making scarves so much.
I’m don’t have just one object – too much of a butterfly, or maybe I just haven’t found it yet.
I’m much braver at sewing than I am with knitting, probably because it takes me so long, hence the scarves!
Will have to track down some gorgeous by simple knits to post to temp you to be braver. Mind, there are so many lovely yarns out there, that are better for simple projects, bravery may be overated 🙂
Your scarves are so fun! I have been thinking about re-visiting knitting this winter. I haven’t knitted anything for so long that I’m pretty sure I’ve forgotten how to do it! Squishy Ted is adorable. I can’t wait to see the finished product.
Thank you! There’s something about knitting in Winter. I hardly do any in the Summer.
Can’t beat a bit of winter knitting!
Thank you! yes, something really comforting about it 🙂
I’ve got a striped scarf on the go at the moment – but now I’ve see your self-patterned yarn I’m going to try one of those next. Any specific recommendations? Also, do you block? I’ve never done it before but everyone seems to.
I used yarns by a company called Plassard that my mum found. Two balls for the wool-ier ones, and just the one for the mohair-y one. Lovely to see the various colours coming through 🙂
I love my scarf! I go through phases but, after knitting seven lace scarves for Christmas, have moved onto bobble hats now:)
🙂 So glad! It was the brightest one I had (before I’d purchased the green wool), so was hoping it was your colours.
Your self patterned scarf is beautiful! I think Squishy Ted has a great name!
Doesn’t he? Think that’s what attracted me to the pattern. There’s snow on the ground here, so perfect excuse to cuddle up on the sofa and ignore the ironing pile…