Monday, January 29, 2007

Scarfin' it up

Today, I sent out the Red Scarf. Here are a few pictures:



Model: Labmate LY


Model: Dissecting microscope

Ready to go:

Specifications

Yarn: Swish Superwash from Knitpicks in "Fired Brick"
Pattern: I used a stitch pattern from this book surrounded by a garter stitch border. The length was 4 balls of yarn; I never actually measured it. Width was the length of a bamboo dpn which I used during blocking to make sure I was being consistent down the length of the scarf.

I also included a box of Sweethearts and the card is a postcard of the Sears Tower. On the back I glued a pink card made from fancy paper that I got at a stationery store in Paris. I wrote this note:


The ribbon was something I picked up at JoAnn's a couple weekends back.

I hope he/she likes the scarf. The people in the lab sure liked it. LY was sad when I took it off her.

On a related note, it's clear to me that college students are desperately in need of winter clothing. This morning, when I took the bus in to campus, it was 16 degrees Fahrenheit with snow flurries. I wore my new winter coat, my new wool mittens (pictures to follow), my Calorimetry head band (which I didn't redo over the weekend--maybe next weekend), and my scarf. And I was freezing my butt off (literally, because my coat only goes to my waist!). When I got on the bus, I was seated acrossed from college students wearing the following:

Boy #1: T-shirt, hoodie, knit hat, jeans
Boy #2: Fleece, jeans (couldn't see his shirt, he did have the fleece zipped all the way up)
Girl: Winter coat, fingerless goves, knit hat, turtleneck or scarf (couldn't tell which), lightweight capris, moccasins (no socks or tights)
Boy #3: Button-down shirt, light-weight courdoroy jacket, chinos
Boy #4: Leather coat, jeans

It was all I could do to keep myself from wrapping my scarf around one, giving my mittens to another and buttoning Calorimetry around the neck of a third. What were they thinking????

3 comments:

  1. You should see the Lab School students. They wear mini skirts and no stockings. Is there some macho cold thing going on with the younger generations?

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  2. They won't wear warm stuff even if they have it. The girls are notorious about being afraid to mess up their hair with a hat. Puh-lease!

    Wonderful scarf! You're so good!

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  3. Anonymous9:41 AM

    When I was at uni a fellow in one of my classes was wondering why he had lost 25 pounds, over the winter months. He was wearing similar clothing to what you described - nothing substantial or warm.
    But he was from an Asian country and didn't know any better.

    Janey
    janeyknitting AT yahoo DOT ca

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