Tears of a clown

So, do you remember those socks I said I was determined to finish by Wednesday?  The ones that I was well on track to finishing?  Well, it seems I thought I could finish them with only the power of my mind.  I did no knitting at all last night so the socks are, unsurprisingly, still on the needles.

Just to keep things ticking along nicely I also somehow ended up agreeing with Toby's brilliant plan that I knit Christmas presents for his whole family this year.  These would be presents that I haven't started knitting yet, which will need to be finished in the next three weeks.  That would probably be because he only made this brilliant suggestion last night.

I had the good idea of knitting a Curly Wurly (I believe this is the correct term) scarf for one person as they seem all the rage this year - on and off the needles.  Casting on 700 stitches was not much fun but the knitting went well and I joyfully cast off feeling so pleased with myself for finishing it - if all the gifts are so quick I'll be done by next week!  Then I modelled it in the bathroom mirror.

Am I the only person on whom a Curly Wurly scarf looks like a freakish clown ruff?  If it's just me maybe I can give it to someone with a clear conscience but right now I'm not so sure.

Needless to say, there was no photo of this modelling session.

Comments

[dawn]

hi mary
not sure what is going on, i've had to reload your blog a few times - it could be typepad.
I can see what you mean about the scarf - but it's quick! I've also crocheted the one in rowan 28 which is longer but as quick. I have 2.5prs of men's socks and a scarf, then that's it, no more for me, I'm giving up! Life is too short!

Dawn:)

[Mary-Lou]

Try thinking 'choir-boy look' or 'elizabethan ruff' instead of 'freakish clown', and see if that makes you feel better ...? Or wander along to curlywhirly.blogspot.com, and join in the fun there.

[Tracy]

I bet it doesn't look half as bad as you think it does. I'm still thinking about making one....well I was ;)

[Karin]

I am sure it looks better than you think, get somebody else to model it and see what they think.

[ra]

no, ro said exactly the same about the one I knitted, so she's getting it as a present! (That'll larn 'er!)

[patti]

Well they seem to be so popular...so just gift it to someone and don't try one on again!!!

[RoxyKnits]

Well that explains the growing yarn stash then. You mean just thinking about knitting doesn't count????

So nice of your husband. I'd have replied in not so polite a fashion... I stick to my guns and point blank refuse to knit for anyone apart from newborns. Those deadlines are just a killer aren't they.

I personally can't see me in a curly wurly scarf either but people just love them. Hope you get all your gifts done in time. And your socks too!

[brigid]

I've finished my green jumper, which means I've knitted something that isn't small! Paradoxically you seem now to be knitting many smaller things (mind you, casting on 700 stitches...)