WIP: Silk Neckerchief
This project was to be a Mother’s Day gift for my mom.. She’s a big fan of neckerchiefs and silk ones at that. I had bought 2 skeins of silk yarn while in Argentina with the intention of making her a shawl. But I noticed.. she doesn’t wear shawls. She has a few dozen mini scarves and can’t seem to get enough of them. Not to mention that I couldn’t work on this project on the train considering only my size 5 circulars and size 8 flat needles were train friendly and I’d be needing size 10s… so I figured a small project would do just fine.
This in its early stages at about 35% done:
This was after the second attempt. I should’ve known that using metal needles + silk yarn was going to be troublesome – it makes for some very fast knitting.. but.. one of the stitches slipped off at one point. I tried undoing rows and picking the stitches up but silk is VERY slippery! The whole thing became undone.. le sigh..
More to come when it’s finished and blocked.
Category: crafty, holiday, knitting One comment »
August 21st, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Looks like a thong.