UFOs and Other Flying Objects

In an attempt to reduce The Stash, I'm knitting only - mostly - from The Stash and knitting those pesky UFOs (unfinished objects).

First, my so-called "Look for Less" scarf. I saw this scarf in a magazine...


...and thought, *Hey, I could knit that for less than $130.* Like the tv series The Look for Less, where fashion experts try to recreate an expensive designer outfit with cheaper clothes, I attempted to recreate this magazine scarf for way less than $130.


The "Look for Less" Scarf
Yarn: 3 skeins Lion Brand Landscapes, in color "Spring Desert"
Needles: 9mm (size 13) straights - big suckers
Pattern: My own. I cast on 16 stitches then worked 3 rows knit, 1 row purl - repeating these 4 rows until I ran out of yarn.
Recipient: I had intended this for myself, but I don't think the colors go well with my complexion, so I'm gifting it to a friend.

After a year's wait, I finally, finally finished that second wrist warmer. I didn't particularly like the first wrist warmer:


I don't particularly like the pair:


I don't like the colors and the button-hole thumb. The color is "Hawaiian," but the wrist warmers make me think of Rainbow Brite, not Hawaii. Despite their appearance, the wrist warmers are super soft and will work fine for my intended use - keeping my hands toasty for cold New England winter driving.

I used double-pointed needles to knit these, and they weren't as daunting as I had expected. DPNs are easy and even enjoyable to use, and I can't wait to learn to knit socks.

"Hawaiian Wrist Warmers"
Yarn: Less than 1 skein of Knitpicks Sock Memories, in color "Hawaiian"
Needles: 3.5mm (size 4) dpns
Pattern: I loosely based my wrist warmers from the Knitty "Voodoo" pattern, just a tube knit on dpns with a button-hole for a thumb - easy as pie. For reference, I cast-on 44 stitches, and I have a small wrist (I wear 7" bracelets, at the largest).

Some UFOs are never meant to be finished. I began a cable scarf a year ago. My knitting experience has grown greatly over this past year, and I no longer like the yarn (too splitty, too acrylic), so I chucked this baby in the trash:


At least I learned how to cable.