Everyone put on your lab coats and safety goggles. Today's lesson is about to begin.
Here was Lady Eleanor tacked to my cubicle wall yesterday. Not a bad start, huh? I had cast on 40 stitches, which gave me 5 base triangles. This incarnation of Lady Eleanor's cast on edge measured about 9".
Here is L.E. this morning. The length at this point, after 5 repeats is about 5". Although this is not a part of the scientic process, I'm very pleased with the color changes. You know how I feel about varigated yarn.
Now, in an effort to figure out how long of a scarf I would produce over my 40 cast in stitches, I weighed my unknit ball of yarn. It weighed 28g. The original ball weighed around 50g.
Now, since the scarf at this state measured about 5", I guesstimated that the entire ball would knit up to around 10". So, all 5 balls, at this rate, would produce a scarf 50" in length.
So, This incarnation of L.E. bit the dust at around 7:15am, PST. She will be sorely missed.
The Phoenix: Lady Eleanor, however, has risen for the ashes. I cast on this morning and have completed the base triangles. I've also learned a few things that I will encorporated into The Phoenix.
First off, I took my cast on down to 32 stitches. I also did the backward cast on called for in Scarf Style, rather than any old willy-nilly cast on [the original cast on edge was a little too tight]. I also realized about 2 repeats in that the instruction to P2tog looked better if I SSP. The problem might stem from the fact that I am left handed. I've also found that with the backward cast on, it's much easier to knit back and forth rather than knit, turn, purl, turn, knit...especially at the beginning when I was only working a few stitches.
So, what did we learn today? I want your reports on my desk by 9am tomorrow. Also, if my guesstimation was wrong, please don't let me know. I'm an actress, not a scientist...although I could play one on TV.
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