I don't think of myself as a knitter. I don't do fancy stitches or work with a multitude of colours. I just cast on around ninety stitches on a circular needle and start to knit.
I like the rhythm of knitting. I'm not a great TV watcher but I like my audiobooks so I knit to a background of silence or a great story. The knitting occupies my fingers and my mind can wander where it wills.
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And what I knit with those ninety stitches is scarves. I have two in progress most of the time. The first uses any wools that I am given and a few that I have bought. I knit two inch stripes until the scarf is almost six feet long then I cast off and add a fringe. Those scarves go to a local charity helping homeless people.
The other scarf is destined for my own neck. I record the highest temperature reached in Caistor (where I live) every day. I have a different colour for each degree Celsius and I started with one row a day on my seventieth birthday and will end on my seventy second birthday.
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It's a brilliant way to use up all the bits of yarn and very colourful.
ReplyDeleteAny knitting is better, more than I can do. I've. Even gifted a few scrap made scarves and really appreciate them.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE my weather scarf. I used the leftovers to make some simple striped fingerless gloves. I get so many comments about the scarf (I joined the ends to make a loop)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. A practical use for a temperature record:). Margaret
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