Van Gogh entrelac scarf

[vaneramos]

I set this aside in fall 2007 to work on Christmas projects and it lay idle for about a year, during which time I managed to lose the Debbie Bliss book I'd been working from, entitled simply How To Knit. Must have left it at the laundromat. I tried other entrelac patterns to get started again, but being used to her nice diagrams I could not figure out where to pick up, so in desperation I finally purchased a new copy of the book. This is possibly my favourite colour of my favourite yarn, Noro Silk Garden #249. It reminds me of the colour palette of a Van Gogh painting, hence the name. I've almost finished the first skein, with three more in stock, so I'll sequence through these colours four times. I'm very happy to be working with it again. I'm taking a year off of knitting for Christmas. This is just for me.

Comments

[missprune.livejournal.com]

Wow! That is just spectacularly beautiful, Van!

[e-musings.livejournal.com]

Nice work!

Entrelac is fun to do!

[marian-w.livejournal.com]

You didn't lose that book, you lent it to me last Christmas!
The scarf is absolutely gorgeous.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it is one of my favourite projects ever!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Well that is not a bad idea. ;-)

Really, it's a relaxing change of pace from other things I do creatively. It gives me something to do when I'm a passenger, or talking on the phone. And if you enjoy female company, knitting groups are fun. Once you have a little experience, it's easy to knit and socialize at the same time.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yes it is, especially with a nice variegated yarn like this. :-)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Haha, you are like the legendary book graveyard where all the most venerable tomes disappear into the mists! You might as well keep it; besides having lots of projects, its a decent general resource.

But if you have any of my Earthsea books, I want them back. ;-)

[blt4success66.livejournal.com]

Oh Van, that is beautiful. I want that. LOL

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I've seen decent video tutorials on YouTube, and if you have any questions I'll try to help.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Heheh, thanks!

[marian-w.livejournal.com]

Oh, and of course I do =P
Haha I'll round them up.

[blt4success66.livejournal.com]

I'm serious man, I know you have "gifts" outstanding to knit but the cold temps the last few days really makes that scarf look very comfy.

HUGS!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Oh, I could not possibly give this scarf away, besides I expect to be working on it for a few months.

[blt4success66.livejournal.com]

Hey, you got to do stuff for yourself...that's the point of the craft...