It's not a scarf

I finished my 'scarf' last night... but it is now a table runner and not a scarf. The colours are delicious but the motif shape isn't right for a scarf. There are 36 motifs in this. Initially it took me an hour to make one motif. Now I'm more practised so it takes about 40-minutes for one. Lots of hours in this bright and happy handiwork adventure.

Here are some colours to brighten your Tuesday.

Would you believe that I'm not the only lass picking up an old craft after many years. Here's a funny one for you...

My dear friend decides to knit her husband a jersery for winter. She finds a neat pattern and gets to work. It's one of those multiple-row pattern repeats and she makes a few mistakes, pulls everything out and starts again. Her husband asks her why she bothers because she can just go and buy him a jersey. If she takes the cost of the wool and her time.. he asks her how long it took to knit a certain length, say 30cm, and she replies, "about 10 hours". Puts perspective on the real 'cost' of a hand-knitted sweater. She says that is not the point and that she wants to make this for him.

This was a while ago.

I saw her on Sunday and asked after the jersey. Her eyes rolled skyward as she explained that after the knitted pattern wasn't working out, she pulled everything apart and went for a simple rib. She finished the entire back of the jersey to discover that because the pattern prescribed in the knitting pattern hadn't been done, it had altered the size of the garment, which was now way too big for her hubby. Instead of pulling it all out again, its a blankie for the dog. No more jersey knitting for her for a while. Hahaha.

An adventure indeed!