Normally I avoid fashion magazines. There was a time in my life when I devoured them. (During that time I also went to the gym twice a day and lived on diet coke.) But it’s better for my sanity if I just look at them as a special occasion treat. I bought the recent Elle and was delighted to find these mega scarves by Giles.
They are knit on broomsticks with what looks like roving.
Last year I bought a scarf at my favourite London knit shop, Fabrications. It was made by a local designer and was knit with merino roving on massive needles and then felted. the felted fringe looks like tentacles. It’s still in winter storage but once I break it out, there will be pictures.
I love the idea of a scarf being more like a chrysalis, and the distortion of the body where the neck and shoulders seem to disappear.
Scarves– that perennial beginner project– are still one of the most satisfying things to knit, and probably my favourite thing to wear. My one pet peeve, though, is seeing woolly scarves worn with camisoles or slip dresses. If it’s warm enough to go out without a jacket, then a wool scarf is pure pretension. It makes my itchy just thinking about it.
While perusing the issue I also saw this bulky knit beret or “dread crown”– spectacular! I knew I acquired those 15mm dpns for something. This is, of course, never to be worn with the bulky scarf lest one disappear completely in bulky knits.
March 11, 2008 at 1:32 am
I obtained the material to make a vest like the Giles Deacon big knits. Then I located #35 needles. They worked fine. It is so heavy I doubt I’ll ever wear it. May send to our soldiers in Iraq as I’m sure it’s bullet proof! As an idea of how heavy it was, the cost of postage alone for two large balls of yarn was $149 US$!