2023 Fashion on the Ration Challenge

maryb

But the local spiv will be happy 😃 

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, a few weeks ago I was down in Dorset dog sitting for my sister. I took the lap blanket I was making for my lovely neighbour and got it finished. I had taken another project bag but when I looked in it was actually finished, just needed the ends tidying up, fingerless gloves, so I decided to start another blanket but quickly realised I didn't have enough yarn left to get very far so trotted off to the local cs and found a whole display in one shop I got a big bag full for £4

I have a question for the experienced knitters. I saw a picture of a scarf someone had made to use up some bits of yarn. They had used long circulars and cast on lenght ways then used different colours for each row leaving a 4 inch tail at either end to form the fringe. They used dk but I didn't make a note of the number of stitches they cast on and I can't find it now . Any idea of how many I might try? It struck me as a good idea as I only have a use for so many blankets

Hope you are all doing well at this busy time,
Take care everyone
36•5 coupons left

Laura_Elsewhere

@Liverpool_Anne - so the stripes go lengthways the length of the scarf instead of across? Sounds fun, and I like the commnon sense of the ends making a fringe, although I'd probably still want to knot adjacent colours together to keep the ends secure... 

As for how many... well, what gauge and how long do you want?!  

I think I would knit a test piece, just a few inches by a few inches, and then measure to see how many stitches to the inch, and then just cast on as many as will make a scarf the length you want!  

Laura_Elsewhere

Cherryfudge said:

Annual income 66 coupons, annual expenditure 65.5, result happiness. Annual income 66 coupons, annual expenditure 66.5, result misery.

 

  Brilliant! Well-said, Cherry Micawber!

Cherryfudge

Laura_Elsewhere said:

Cherryfudge said:

Annual income 66 coupons, annual expenditure 65.5, result happiness. Annual income 66 coupons, annual expenditure 66.5, result misery.

 

  Brilliant! Well-said, Cherry Micawber!

 

Liverpool_Anne said:

I have a question for the experienced knitters. I saw a picture of a scarf someone had made to use up some bits of yarn. They had used long circulars and cast on lenght ways then used different colours for each row leaving a 4 inch tail at either end to form the fringe. They used dk but I didn't make a note of the number of stitches they cast on and I can't find it now . Any idea of how many I might try? It struck me as a good idea as I only have a use for so many blankets

Years ago a friend made a very chic little scarf in eyelash wool - I think I mentioned it a few pages ago. I copied the yarn but decided to do my own thing and the result was enormous! I am always fascinated and frustrated by my inability to do a test row and work out how much it will or won't stretch.

maddiemay

Free patterns available perhaps have a look to see the length you might like and then follow @Laura_Elsewhere's guide

Lengthwise Knit Scarf Free Pattern - Knitting Bee (knitting-bee.com)

Sideways Scarf Knitting Patterns- In the Loop Knitting

Gem-gem

Good evening everyone, 
I am still around, I have been busy with my Mum plus I have been crocheting her a lovely blanket for Christmas. It is finished but I didn't take a photo of the finished product. But here it is when I had just started the second part - another 50+ rows to go. 

No coupon spends for me. Being very good. 

thriftwizard

@Gem-gem  that's lovely! Lucky Mum... 

Cherryfudge

Beautiful work, @Gem-gem  

MrsCD

This is a lengthwise scarf I made a couple of years ago, to go in a shoebox for a young child. I think I cast on around a hundred and thirty-ish stitches. Hope that gives an idea of how many.
I did tie the ends together.