I realize that I probably lost a lot of you at long tail cast on, but honestly, these videos were SOOOOOOOOOOO helpful to me, and taught me how to do a basic simple pattern like the one I will share today! When I was ready to move on to more complicated projects, I had to find a knitting guru in person to help me out :)
So, when it came time to make gifts for my little man's teachers, I knew I wanted to knit them something nice. So, for each of these scarfs you'll need 1 and 1/2 skeins of chenille yarn. The thick and quick Chenille is super fast and easy to work with. I used size 13 needles, and cast on 17 stitches. Then, I just knit, and knit and knit until the scarf got to be 6 feet. Each scarf took a couple of hours, but in the end I wound up with 3 fabulous and luxurious teacher gifts!!!
And my knitting guru friend even hooked me up with some fabulous labels to attach (with washing instructions on the back.)
So my encouragement to you is, if you've always wanted to try something like knitting, DO IT!!!!! There is so many online videos and help sites, and until you try it you just never know, so go for it!! :)
beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI want one!! :) LOVELY!
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Those turned out gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLove them!
ReplyDeleteThese are great. I have made a lot of my gifts this year too. I love to knit.
ReplyDeleteWow!! What a beautiful and thoughtfull gift! I want to curl up in them like a blanket. :)
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous! I love the yarn because it's so soft and fluffy!
ReplyDeleteFound this on Not Just a Housewife and they are beautiful! Very 'Pottery Barn'ish! They teachers are going to LOVE them! takens-tidbits.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThose looks super soft, what a fun gift. I'd love to have you submit this to the M&T Spotlight: http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight
ReplyDeleteThey came out lovely. As a knitter I know how relaxing knitting can be and what a special gift.
ReplyDeleteWOW! I have never wanted to learn how to knit until now :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for those video links! I've wanted to learn to knit for years now, but I started out crocheting so I have a hard time working without the hooks on the end. I'm a lot better with videos than picture tutorials, so I'll have to check out the videos and try to work along with them. :)
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