{"id":277,"date":"2009-08-02T02:46:19","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T07:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=277"},"modified":"2009-10-26T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T00:41:10","slug":"rustymustard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/02\/rustymustard\/","title":{"rendered":"Rusty mustard [scarf]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/3779570409\/\" title=\"365.213: completed mustard scarf by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2676\/3779570409_0f80a9089d_m.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" alt=\"365.213: completed mustard scarf\" style=\"border:2px solid black\" align=\"right\"\/><\/a>Something amazing happened this morning: I put the finishing touches on my mustard scarf! Of course we aren&#8217;t having the ideal weather for scarves, so it&#8217;s been folded up and put away. I&#8217;m praying for an early Texas winter. I&#8217;m highly doubtful those prayers will be answered. I practically melted, standing next to the window to take that photo. It was just so awfully hot out, today! Nathan played at a park for like 15 minutes and his face was bright as a tomato after and he was thirsty as heck. You know things are bad when playing on a playground is like a punishment. Poor kid.<br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/code>ANYWAY! LOOK AT MY SCARF!<code><BR><\/code><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/3779569565\/\" title=\"mustard scarf close-up by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3466\/3779569565_a532be09e2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"mustard scarf close-up\" style=\"border:2px solid black\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/3779568359\/\" title=\"mustard scarf folded up [1] by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3573\/3779568359_ced3c9f424.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"mustard scarf folded up [1]\" style=\"border:2px solid black\"\/><\/a><code><BR><\/code>I used size 15 needles and ONE SINGLE BALL of Southwest Trading Company&#8217;s KARAOKE yarn. just one! It took me just about a week to complete. I probably could have finished up faster, if I did more than 2-4 repeats a day. The stitch pattern is basic and memorable but looks really nice! It reminds me of the Lover&#8217;s\/Solomon&#8217;s knot in crochet. In fact, since I&#8217;m a much faster hooker (ha!) than a knitter, I may just have to try that next time I want to make a lacy-ish scarf.  <code><BR><\/code><br \/>\nWith that little project out of the way, I&#8217;m thinking of tackling something slightly larger. I can&#8217;t make up my mind regarding yarn choice for the February Lady sweater I want to knit, so I figured I should knit a sweater for Andrew. I&#8217;ve knit that kiddo 3 sweaters and he never wore one more than 3 times. He didn&#8217;t wear one of them AT ALL! I&#8217;m currently scouring Ravelry for inspiration. So far, all I have on my list is the Tomten pattern from <u>Knitting Without Tears<\/u>. I have a few skeins of cotton ease that might be good for it. We&#8217;ll see!<code><BR><\/code><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re a crocheter with a toddler or a toddler to crochet for, I just posted my toddler slipper pattern to Ravelry. You can find it by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/toddler-slippers-2\">HERE<\/a> or you can just see the pattern <a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/toddler-slippers\/\">HERE<\/a> on goodknits.com. Hope you like it! It&#8217;s easily adaptable to various sizes&#8211;just crochet more or less rows! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2676\/3779570409_0f80a9089d_m.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" alt=\"365.213: completed mustard scarf\" style=\"border:2px solid black\" align=\"right\"\/>Something amazing happened this morning: I put the finishing touches on my mustard scarf! Of course we aren&#8217;t having the ideal weather for scarves, so it&#8217;s been folded up and put away. I&#8217;m praying for an early Texas winter. I&#8217;m highly doubtful those prayers will be answered. I practically melted, standing next to the window to take that photo. 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