December 05, 2004
The whole shebang
So here it is in all its glory, the Fall/Winter Collection from the House of Jacob.
Jacob's snazzy scarf and beanie set has been specified elsewhere so I won't go into it again.
Ron's scarf is a K2P2 (yup, too impatient to actually look at a pattern again) in Rowan's Big Wool on 15mm needles. Sort of like knitting with tree trunks. I used Best Brown, Latte and Pip. I did start out on 5mm needles having managed to ignore the signs all over the store screaming "Rowan's Big Wool=15mm needles". The 5mms produced an absolutely gorgeous scarf that was going to end up costing about 100 Euros in wool and would be too warm to wear anywhere on this planet. I persisted halfway before giving in to the inevitable and pulling it all out and starting again on the 15mm needles. Its still a nice scarf but not as gorgeous as its first incarnation. Ron's beanie is another bastardisation of Hot Head from the Stitch 'n Bitch Handbook. For this I used 10mm needles. As the needles and the wool are both much bigger than that in the pattern I had to guess a bit re number of stitches and how many rows. I could have knitted one of those practice squares but that would have made life too easy and predictable. It's turned out a little bit too big so I'll probbably pull it out and start again.
My blue scarf is a very basic affair. Again, in Rowan's Big Wool, this time using Bubble, on the 15mm needles but just plain stocking stitch which was because I just felt like knitting without thinking. This means the scarf is curled, something probably any half-assed experienced knitter could have told me would happen but which of course I've only just found out, but I've decided I like it this way. I made my fringes extra-long. The hat is Vinster from Rowan's Big Just Got Bigger book. The pompom affair on the top is not quite as alarming in real life as it looks here, its actually two tassles which should be hanging more towards the back.
Rowan's Big Wool is absolutely gorgeous to knit with, soooooo soft and despite its chunkiness, not as heavy as you'd expect. I could have knitted much more interesting scarves for half the price if I'd been bothered to spend even five minutes browsing through some patterns. If nothing else it proves that if you spend enough money on a quality wool then you don't need to have skill, imagination or even the patience to read labels and directions and you'll still end up with something half-decent!
Now, if we'd only get some really cold weather!
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