Okay, so I pat myself on the back sometimes for my charity knitting. I do it because I like to try new patterns, designs, and techniques while helping others. One of my first charities was afghans for Afghans, to which I still contribute as much as possible, and another was the Red Scarf Project. I've donated to this worthy cause twice and sent scarves the last two years.
This year I dutifully chose some beautiful, bulky, warm, red yarn and started making a scarf. I knew that the scarves had to be mailed during September and October, and I was way ahead. Since scarves are easy I decided to design my own, making a combination of cables and ribbing. I can't remember the exact progression, but I started this scarf about four times, ripping it out for one reason or another: The cable was too big, the stockinette wasn't even, the edges rolled up too much, the yarn was too thick for the pattern, etc., etc. You get the idea. I finally hit upon a pattern that worked well and was easy - knit, yo, k2tog, repeat. It made a lace pattern that wasn't too open, laid flat, and looked pretty good. In between other projects, I continued on my scarf.
Then came the problem. A few days ago I went to the Red Scarf Fund website to double-check the due date, which I was sure was the end of October. It wasn't - it was the 15th of October and all of the scarves had to have been sent in by then.
I'm hoping that there was as large a response to this project as there has been the past two years, because my red scarf is still in Seattle.
My scarf will be the first one there next year.
This year I dutifully chose some beautiful, bulky, warm, red yarn and started making a scarf. I knew that the scarves had to be mailed during September and October, and I was way ahead. Since scarves are easy I decided to design my own, making a combination of cables and ribbing. I can't remember the exact progression, but I started this scarf about four times, ripping it out for one reason or another: The cable was too big, the stockinette wasn't even, the edges rolled up too much, the yarn was too thick for the pattern, etc., etc. You get the idea. I finally hit upon a pattern that worked well and was easy - knit, yo, k2tog, repeat. It made a lace pattern that wasn't too open, laid flat, and looked pretty good. In between other projects, I continued on my scarf.
Then came the problem. A few days ago I went to the Red Scarf Fund website to double-check the due date, which I was sure was the end of October. It wasn't - it was the 15th of October and all of the scarves had to have been sent in by then.
I'm hoping that there was as large a response to this project as there has been the past two years, because my red scarf is still in Seattle.
My scarf will be the first one there next year.
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