Scarves and procrastination

So... the vest... not much progress happening because... well... I suck!! Since I have nothing much to report on the vest front, and because the guilt of that incomplete project won't allow me to start the purse I want to make next, I will instead talk about my scarves of last winter.

I adore making scarves! It is mindless comfort knitting. More importantly, having lots of scarves to wear over a long winter cheers me up no end. It alleviates the monotony of wearing the same coat all winter.

I used to love big wide scarves that were really more like shawls than scarves, but last winter I fell in love with looooong skinny scarves. These are fun because you can wrap them around your neck two or three times and still have loads of scarf left to tie off. My favorite scarf is 11cm (about 4.5 inches) wide and over 9 ft long not including the fringe! You can see it on the left in the picture below. The yarn, which I picked up in a discount bin, was not labled but is incredibly soft and silky.

These three scarves are all super basic. They were done in garter stitch - can't get any easier than that! While I usually don't find garter stitch to be attractive, I think it works particularly well with scarves done in textured yarn.