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You're not a dork! You wanted it a bit wider so you subconsciously made it wider. Your fingers are wise! :)
posted by brooke on july 29, 2005totally, it could have been a subconscious "forgetting". I like that it has some character with the increases and decreases.
posted by Diana on july 29, 2005I had a similar experience with a bias scarf like that- except mine got skinnier and skinner and longer and longer. Had to redo the whole thing- It was almost 12 feet long!! Whoops!
posted by Erin on july 29, 2005Welcome to dorkdome. I find myself there everyday in one way or another. And you know what? It's ok cuz they like me there!
posted by Erin on july 29, 2005It's not a mistake it's a design feature.
Jayme
posted by Jayme on july 29, 2005Not dork, design innovator. Soon there will be a new school of design named after this scarf-widening insight.
Middle age spread..hee.
posted by Juno on july 29, 2005i think your "knitting zen" is right on these days...the great decisions you are making about whether or not to go back and correct inconsequential mistakes...bravo, you give me the courage and inspiration not to have to knit perfect everytime....
posted by lisa b on july 29, 2005But you the best kind of knitting dork, the BRILLIANT knitting dork!
posted by Christie on july 29, 2005Ah, the Unintentional Design Feature. I think I have been visited by that one from time to time too.
posted by Nadia on july 29, 2005What a GLORIOUS scarf!
Honestly, those design features
just keep us humble, you know?
Dorks R Us!
Sweetheart, we love you *because* you are a big knitting dork, not in spite of you being a big knitting dork. It's our knitting dorkiness that brings us together.
posted by Jenn on july 29, 2005You are so silly! As mentioned earlier, you are not a GIANT KNITTING DORK, ( maybe a medium sized one but definitely not a GIANT one! tee hee). Seriously, I think that is a GRAND idea to make it wider in the middle where you need it. Too much bulkiness in the ends makes it a mess to wrap/knot anyway!
posted by knittingnurse on july 29, 2005I agree a design feature for a fun scarf! Knit on!
posted by michele on july 29, 2005"design details"
posted by Krista on july 29, 2005First of all, it's a sign of mental health that you weren't compelled to rip out all your work to fix this "mistake" (as some of us compulsives would have been).
Second of all, this pattern is amazing! Where is it from?
posted by Shawna on july 29, 2005Nevermind -- I saw that the Jilly pattern is available in the Rowan free pattern archives (2001), so I bought a membership to gain access. Maternity leave is a real boondoggle for online commerce.
posted by Shawna on july 29, 2005...Or you're a giant knitting genius! That scarf is so darling. You make the coolest, funnest stuff.
posted by Norma on july 29, 2005Diana called it >subconscious "forgetting", and I call a Freuedian Slip (I just hope I can spell it) Doh! at any rate it looks fab and i'm sure none will notice and it MA you sure need that extra width to keep your neck warm.
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