Knit: "Purple Haze" Scarf - Mellow Shades of Relaxed Comfort

A lovely purple scarf done on my knitting board with two rows of crocheted stitches at each end for an added finish.

It's half the width of my usual scarves and much longer.  It looks bright and perfect for a rainy California day and wonderful for an added color boost. It feels long, luscious and fantastic on.

And the best part?  I created it without skipping even one looping stitch on my board! Something tells me that I'm getting better at this knitting board thing.

Knit: "Ventura Beach" - Crocheted Long Scarf

This was the spark of inspiration that started my knitting journey. The Sunday morning following my first Craft's Day with Sewing, Crafts, & Creative Projects @ Los Angeles, I woke up with very weird idea to knit a blanket. That blanket turned into this rather pretty long, undulating in color scarf.

Yarn used for this gorgeous work: Caron Jumbo Print Yarn (10-oz) - Country Basket Ombre, also available from your local JoAnn's. 

More photos after the jump...

Knit: "Shades of Red" - My Very First Knitting Board Project

Ahh, February. Seems so long ago that I purchased my knitting board. And this was my first knitting board project!

This was a simple project with thin yard: "Sensations -Rainbow Boucle, A soft and versatile, tonal boucle" from JoAnn's private label.   It's a big pounder from Joann's in a beautiful light to burgundy gradient. A great color booster for an outfit.

Another pretty picture after the jump...

In the Process: "Purple Haze", Second Block of Purple

I'm really enjoying the shorten version of my scarf pattern. I'm halfing it based on my usual, generously wide scarf cast on width and making it longer.  While I was at favorite local Starbucks tonight, enjoying a warm cocoa cappuccino, one of the friendly baristas asked about my knitting board. The same thing happened when I walked with it at the Santa Monica Plaza food court yesterday. It's so fun showing people how it works!

Yes, I walked around with a knitting board in Santa Monica. Why? Because I wanted to knit before attending Wine Riot LA 2011 (which was fantastic, by the way. Great chance to volunteer during set up and then enjoy fantastic wines) and I'm cool like that. Besides, who wouldn't want to knit while sitting and overlooking glimpses of the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean?

Duh, winning!

In the Process: "Purple Haze" on the Knitting Board

 

And so the process begins again. The beginning steps toward another scarf. 

Knit: "For The Love of Grey" Scarf

Standing in the far back corner of my local JoAnn Etc in Porter Ranch, I stared at the array of yarn skeins in front of me.

"For my first knitting board project," I thought. "What would be the prettiest yarns to use? I mean, I want to actually wear it and not have my mother make fun of me. Hummm..."

Up and down the aisle I walked, browsing my possibilities. I touched and felt yarns, pondered bulk versus price, picked up stray steins and held them to others. Would this color go well with this? What about this? But, this one is so luxuriously soft!

Slowly, I narrowed it down to shades of grey. Then, it was the Lion Brand Vanna's Choice® selection of colors. Finally,  I settled on three rather distinctive and beautiful shades of grey.

Knit: "Peacock" is Finally Finished & Off The Knitting Board! Plus, My Short Knitting Board History

The knitting board: a knitter's final frontier.

Weaving yarn dutifully back and forth along your board; hook and weaving bottom threads above tops; pulling the work down and starting again, some people might call it tedious and boring. But, once completed, a warm, double knit piece of woven delight awaits the wearer.

Behold! "Peacock" is complete!