Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

What's the past tense of knit? Knit? Knitted? As in "When I knit my Emerald sweater from Iceland yarn…" 

I'll start over. When I knit my Emerald sweater from Iceland yarn, my chidlhood friend, Rosie, requested a scarf from mint green yarn with the same kind of snowballs. Right, I thought. That's a yarn reqest from a non-knitter. Rosie doesn't knit because she's diagnosed herself with "a hole in her concept imagery," which is an amazingly accurate description of a learning disability. Rosie may not knit, but her intuition was correct, there was a yarn matching her description. She had to travel all the way to the UK via e-bay to find it, but voila!

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The yarn required an open pattern to achieve a scarf with some drape. This one was inspired by the scarf Rosie was wearing in our photo circa 1975. And since she loves all things sparkly, as do I, I added Swarovsky crystals to the bottom border.

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6 responses to “Snow and ice”

  1. Lorette Avatar

    Cute! I love her description of her learning disability.
    And it’s “Knat”. One of the other blogs I read used that recently, and I’m going with it.

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  2. LoriAngela Avatar

    Beautiful accessory!

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  3. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    Isn’t it great that I can self diagnose my many and varied learning disabilities!!! How smart am I? I am so glad that I am a teacher so I may help all of the other academically challenged souls. This scarf matches my fleece jacket and looks gorgeous. I love the crystals on the trim. It is also very comfortable to wear since the scarf isn’t too hot, but still warm enough if doubled. Thank you Li.

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  4. Margaret Avatar
    Margaret

    It’s really beautiful – I love the crystals!!

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  5. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    I would love to have a copy of your Herringbone Rib Scarf. Thank you for sharing!
    msbeebe83@yahoo.com

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  6. Terri Avatar
    Terri

    I love the hats! I would like a copy of the Herringbone Rib scarf, please.

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