Last week I started on this
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The big one
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The pattern I chose was a chunky extra long rib scarf, because I thought by the size of the ball of yarn the scarf would end up a bit longer than extra long. So off I went knitting away, I got a bit bored at times, but carried on with plenty of breaks.
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Finished at last |
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Not bad ! |
Finally I reached the end, well nearly the end just enough to cast off, then I was disappointed as I laid it out on the floor and measured it, the pattern I used said the measurements for the extra long scarf should be 200 cm, well mine measures 138 cm! A bit short, but not to worry I've decided to sew the ends together and turn it into a cowl or infinite loop scarf, so it's not a failure it's a success, but for now it has joined the to finish off pile! Along with the purple gloves and the blanket scarf.
So what next then?
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The pom pom yarn |
Ok I have never knitted with this sort of yarn before so it was going to be a challenge. Normally I would just look at it imagine what exciting things I could create with it and then decide its a definite no and send all of it off to the blackhole under the stairs (my yarn stash box) never to be seen again!
My first thought was how on earth do you cast on with this, let alone knit with it?
So I decided the only place could find information on how to cast on and knit with this is You tube, I typed in "how to knit with pom pom yarn" and quite a few videos came up, I found a Demores tutorial video which was pretty easy to follow, showed two methods of casting on I chose the second one because the first one involved using a coordinating yarn to cast on with.
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A little row of cast on stitches |
Managed to cast on a row of twenty stitches, next challenge was to knit
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Row one down |
Managed one row and it looked ok, and now to keep on knitting without throwing it at the wall
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Looking good! |
And this what it what it looks like this morning. I found that the Demores tutorial video was the easiest video to follow and the instructions were clear, I didn't have to watch it hundreds of times before it sank in, I only watched twice, second time just to reassure myself. If I need any more tutorials in the future I will certainly be using their tutorial videos again. Now it's time for me to keep knitting.
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