17 October 2010

Scarf Odyssey 2010

I know the title of this post sounds like a sci-fi parody in which, after centuries of battle for supremacy with Hats and Gloves, Scarves get to rule the world, but, trust me, a psycho drama is a more likely genre! I've counted the number of scarves and shawls I've knit so far this year and it is 15 plus 1 in progress. Now, if this is not material for a psycho drama, I don't know what is! 16 scarves! In 10 months. And out of these, three were knit twice and one was knit 4 (four!) times so it is actually 21+1! And still, by some strange whim of self-preservation, I don't think I am obsessed with scarves! Oh, sweet self-delusion!

The first in the row was Kim Haesemeyer's French Scarf, which I knit for myself in two shades of grey and then for my husband in brown and red. Looking back, this must have been one of the early signs something was not quite right but I missed it.





Later the same month, in only one day, a chunky cowl was born - Trish Woodson's My Kind of Town Cowl.



It happened after I got my hands on some Phildar yarn, which miraculously appeared in a local yarn shop. Another scarf that came out of the same miracle was Entrelac Scarf by Laura Spradlin.




February was marked with some green cotton used for Marina Orry's "Irene" Scarf.



After all those cables and chart reading, I needed some mindless, endless garter stitch scarf. And sure enough, tried and tested Strikkelise's Baktus came to my rescue, just in time for 2010 Ravelympics.



In March, for a short moment, it seemed Jolene Mosley's AeRang, with its airy lace design, might herald spring and with it the ebbing of my scarf mania.



But obviously, it was not to happen. If anything, it got worse and I knit 2 (not one but two!) identical scarves in super chunky furry yarn, one for my mum and one for my mother-in-law.



Such a heavy, robust yarn and 10mm needles simply begged for something finer, more delicate. What followed was AnneM's Revontuli



and soon after that Sabine Riefler's Anne Shirley.



In July I surprised myself by proving to be reasonable enough and choose not wool but cotton for summer knitting and make only two shawlettes by Liz Abinante: Yvaine



and Travelling Woman.



The summer cotton spree peaked with me knitting four Montego Bay Scarves, designed by Amy R Singer. Now, what tells me there may still be some hope for me is the fact that only one was for me and the remaining three were gifts. You'll see only three photos because two of the scarves were made in the same yarn.




photo by magrit


photo by magrit

September meant that birthday season was approaching. Hastily, I made DeVine Neck Warmer by Melissa McColl for my best friend's birthday and then, having bought too much yarn (surprise! surprise!), I made one for myself too.



The last in the row is Sharon Maher's 3-2-1 and you're done - curlicue scarf, the only crocheted one so far.



And yes, I almost forgot, there's one that is in progress at the moment and that will, let's hope, keep me occupied till the end of the year so that I do not make any more scarves/shawls/shawlettes/cowls/wraps/neckties/neckwarmers. It is Mags Kandis's Modern Quilt Wrap.



Ok, that's it. I've come out. If after this post you no longer want to read my blog, I'll understand. Really, I will.

19 comments:

  1. Pa ti si masina! Ja ni polovinu nisam uradila za vreme svog mog pletalackog zivota :) Kad ti tako dobro ide steta je stati. I da, nastavicu da citam tvoj blog i dalje ;))))))

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  2. 1.I'll always read your blog.
    2.that's my absolutely favorite post.
    3.Scarves are beautiful.
    4.And a story is just amazing.

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  3. Zlatne ruke-nema sta!
    Ja obozavam da pravim salove!
    Ne prekidaj sa pisanjem bloga,mnogi ce biti tuzni.

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  4. Oh no,my friend - you will not get rid of me so easy :-) Wow, it is amazing to see all the scarfs in one post! I love them all, and my favorit is the entrelac.

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  5. Vala bas masina !

    Iako nisam bas ljubitelj velikih trougao-salova, ovaj AeRang je predivan, mozda najlepsi sto si uradila. Divno ti ide Modern Quilt Wrap, i divim ti se kako izlazis na kraj za 9 boja !! Nadam se da ga vidim uzivo sledeci put :)

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  6. Huu,veoma lepe stvari si opet napravila, najvise mi se sviđa kukičani šal:)

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  7. Pa to je vec velika zbirka, zadivljujuce koliko si uspjela uraditi! Svaki na svoj nacin poseban, i kao uvijek lijepi, uredni radovi! Daj Boze, da me zarazi Tvoja odiseja - ja nikako da pocnem i zavrsim barem jedan sal za sebe! :-)

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  8. Nema ničeg psihotičnog u ovom tvom pletenju šalova, pa dobar dio si plela i za druge, dakle, do izražaja dolazi tvoja altruistična narav :-)
    Istovremeno, pletenje šalova ti donosi daleko brže krajnji rezultat i osjećaj gratifikacije, koji te pak stimulira za novo pletenje, dakle opet pozitivno :-)
    Većinu šalova sam ti već iskomentirala prije, svaki je lijep na svoj način, ovi trokutasti su mi posebno lijepi i ženstveni, pogotovo ti je uspješan revontuli radi lijepe kombinacije boja. Obzirom da te pletenje šalova veseli, svakako nastavi, ali biraj ove lijepe prozračne, čipkaste, ženstvene koji te neće samo štititi od hladnog vremena već ogrnuta kojima (i samo njima if you know what I mean) možeš koji put prirediti radost za muževe oči ... i ne samo oči ... valjda čitaju samo punoljetni i vakcinirani ;-)

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  9. Hi, hi, hi, uživala sam gledajući šalove, čitajući i post i komentare! A naravno, mnogo mi je drago što sam vlasnik jednog tvog šala...
    Samo nastavi, imaš moju punu podršku:)!

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  10. Hahaha, I don't know if I should say WOW or LOL :)))) Well done! This is really impressive... Some of these look like it would take me a year to complete one!

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  11. Oh, honey, I understand you completely. I have also been bitten by the scarves bug, but haven't started making them yet. I can't choose which one to knit first. I have a bunch of patterns, it will take me the best part of eternity to knit all that I like! Yours are really amazing!

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  12. So happy you liked my Olive :-) I have used grey and multicolored around the neck, the arms and in the bottom. You can see the skeins in my stash in Ravelry if you like.

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  13. Ova izložba šalova me bacila u očaj!!!
    Sve jedan ljepši od drugoga.
    Zamisli,ja pored tolikih štrikanih stvari sebi nisam saštrikala ni jedan jedini šal!
    Moram hitno nešto poduzeti po tom pitanju!!!

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  14. Pa sta ima veze da si napravila toliko salove. Vazno je da su svi bozanstveni. Jedva cekam kako ce izgledati ovaj Quilt Wrap na kraju.

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  15. Zdravo Goco gomboco. Nikada neces pogoditi ko ti ovo pise.
    Mnogo mi se svidjaju tvoji salovi a pogotovu ovo cebe sto sada strikas. Rado te se secam i puno te pozdravljam.
    Aranka

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  16. Ja sam isplela ravno 3 šala u životu!
    Jedan je kod Joop, drugi kod Drenke, a treći je kod mame!
    Svakako planiram jedan isplesti sebi, a tu sam dobila dodatnu volju i inspiraciju!

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  17. Thanks, guys! You would make lousy psychotherapists but you are good friends!

    @ Aranka: Draga Aranka :)))))) Puno, puno Vas pozdravljam! Hvala na ovako lepom komentaru, jako ste me obradovali :)

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  18. Uživala sam u ovom postu od naslova do zadnje točke :)
    Ne znaš koji je šal ljepši, ovo je prava revija, a ne manija. OK, možda ima i malo manije, ali one pozitivne :)))

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  19. Jako lepo,harmonija boja mi se sviđa.Oduševljena sam

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