I am guilty of one of the seven deadly sins…Envy.
Ever since I made Ben his Man-Scarf, I have been secretly coveting it…
As I didn’t want to” endanger my mortal soul” I took steps to alleviate my envy.
Did I steal Ben’s scarf and wear it in secret?
Ummm, No. -that would be silly! I resolved to make an even better scarf for myself.
I rummaged in my stash and came up with some of the yarn left from my Purple Flower Blanket – I have always loved those three colours together.
Remember the flower blanket?
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A couple of evenings knitting garter stitch on those 320 stitches and I have my own beautiful Envy Scarf 😀
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I even like the reverse side where the colour breaks …
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I now have my own lovely stripy scarf. So is that enough? Am I now contented?
Hmmmmmm….
I was still harboring some resentment that Ben wasn’t interested in matching gloves and hat (and optional underpants) to match his enviable man-scarf…..
Clearly, the best was to dispel these negative thoughts, would be to make myself the matching gloves and hat (but I decided I could live without the underpants!)
I rummaged and found a fave old hat pattern That I used for one of the hats I made my sister when she had a “Hat Need”…
Remember this one?
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I Loved, loved, loved the way the shaping worked on this hat – it’s a basic bobble hat but very versatile.
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Do you like the version I came up with to match the new scarf??
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All that left were the gloves…
I used a pattern from Louisa Harding’s Hat, Scarf Gloves book – This one…
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It was OK but it was knit on two needles – the method where you sew up each finger before you knit the next one. I struggled to get the seams neat and had to sew up lots of gappy holes at the base of the fingers. This was made worse by me insisting on taking the grey stripe up into the first few rows of the finger to keep the stripe progression correct ( It’s not always fun being a perfectionist!)
Another time I’d try and find a 4 needle pattern or convert this one. But I think they tuned out OK??
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So all that’s left is to show you some goofy pictures of me getting carried away with the modelling of the whole set 😳 And finally cured of my Scarf Envy.
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| Completed Knit Report – The Scarf | ||
| Name: | Envy Scarf | |
| Pattern: | Garter Stitch Scarf by Erika Knight from Men’s Knits | |
| Yarn: | Jaeger Matchmaker Merino DK | |
| Pattern Problems: | None | |
| Pattern Modifications: | Made longer – I used 320 stitches. | |
| Washing and Wearing: | Very warm (I’m glad it’s cold again!) | |
| Knit It Again???: | Very Likely | |
| Difficulty: | Easy Peasy | |
| Rating: | 5/5 | |
| Other Postings Relating To This One: | That Was QuickGraciously Permitted to Knit a Scarf | |
| Completed Knit Report – The Gloves | ||
| Name: | Envy Gloves | |
| Pattern: | Toasty Tweed from Louisa Harding’s Hat’s Gloves Scarves | |
| Yarn: | Jaeger Matchmaker Merino DK | |
| Pattern Problems: | I found the two needle method really messy and difficult to keep neat. | |
| Pattern Modifications: | Slightly longer cuff to make the stripes work | |
| Washing and Wearing: | A little snug – I have small hands too?? Maybe I sewed too large a seam? | |
| Knit It Again???: | No, Not unless I used 4 needles. | |
| Difficulty: | 3/5 stripes and fiddly fingers (more fiddly than difficult) | |
| Rating: | 2/5 | |
| Other Postings Relating To This One: | None | |
| Completed Knit Report – The Hat | ||
| Name: | Envy Hat | |
| Pattern: | Family Bobble Hats from ancient Paton’s Woolcraft book | |
| Yarn: | Jaeger Matchmaker Merino DK | |
| Pattern Problems: | None | |
| Pattern Modifications: | None (except I didn’t put on a bobble(!) | |
| Washing and Wearing: | Warm, cosy and really won’t come off in the wind with all that ribbing! | |
| Knit It Again???: | Very likely | |
| Difficulty: | 2/5 Easy if yo can count and K2tog!! | |
| Rating: | 5/5 | |
| Other Postings Relating To This One: | Hat Need | |
Wow a full set! I don’t have ANYTHING like that. Nothing in my hat/scarf/gloves box matches.
Neither did I until I made this little lot! 🙂
Very nice! Super co-ordinated!!
Lovely set. Clearly envy can be a good thing!
That’s a lot of knitting! Lovely colour choices.
Lovely! You are really fast. I don’t think I’d be able to get all that done in such a timely fashion. I’m still nerving myself up to knit gloves. I’m happy with fingerless mitts or even mittens for myself but the hubby wants gloves. Maybe by next winter I’ll have some made for him.
I love it!; fast practical, and beautiful. WIN WIN♥
Great hat. I went running to my Patons Woolcraft (1977 edition) and found it, complete with family picture. Thanks! I didn’t know I had this pattern and Iove pull-on hats. It’s not obvious from their photograph that it is so well shaped although I suppose they always shaped their knitting in those days.
Your Knit Reports are excellent, good detail.
Beautiful combination of colours, they look so effective whether knitted up as a blanket or as the hat and scarf set, though I’m a little biased I just love mauves and purples they are my favourite colours.
Pop over and see the colour combination I’m knitting with at the moment…a little bit of a more spring inspired palette. fleurcotton.blogspot.com
Happy Knitting
Fleur xx
After reading your blog and showing it to hubby, I think he would like a scarf like Ben’s! I have never knit anything on circular needles before, what size and length are used for the scarf pattern?
Fab blog, by the way!
Morgan x
I just found your site from the Simply Knitting magazine. I love those colours in your scarf! Now I have scarf envy… and I adore how you put them into a complete set. My favourite thing though, is how you put the colour stripes into the hat and mitts to match – wonderfully done!
Very handy how you left a completed knitting report for your readers to get the details easily. What a great way to keep track of all your completed projects, especially when you label them like that. Thanks!
…And these ones are perfect!