Pattern blurb
Pattern: Penguin book scarf
Designer: Minxxy
Sourced from: Kerry wanted a penguin book inspired scarf, reflecting her favourite novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. There are no patterns out there so made my own, assisted by http://www.microrevolt.org/ knit pro programme for penguin graphic and good old fashioned graph paper and a biro to plot out the text
Knitted for?: Kerry
Wool used: King Cole Merino DK
Purchased from:- Clare at Wee County yarns http://www.wee-county-yarns.co.uk/ Excellent service as always
Any problems with the pattern? Misspelled Dickens (DickenE) but noticed before I had secured the end of the Swiss darning, other than that, no hassles.
Any modifications made?: Probably but since there was no pattern to follow there was no mods made…adjustments were ongoing throughout it all
Washing and wearing: Should be alright according to the ball band BUT Kerry is in charge of washing… GULP!
Knit again?: No way, this is a one off original!
Next time, any changes to be made?: I would have liked it longer and narrower but time and yardage was against me. Kerry wanted it for the end of her placement at school.. I made it by to two days.
Skills learned?: None but I did brush up on my Swiss darning. I should have knitted that text in as I went along……
General comments. I added a fleece backing as I didn’t want the intarsia back showing. In general, I am well chuffed with this…. But I don’t know how pleased Penguin books would be. **smiles nicely at the publisher**




That's amazing!
Posted by: Emma | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 17:06