I have finally gotten to the end of the first two scarves! It took two and half skeins each. I have managed to make a few mistakes. One, every now and then I would forget a loop. I would then do two stitches at once. I have since found out, that I'm suppose to take the new loop off, (and hold it) and then complete the stitch I missed, and then put the new loop back on and complete that stitch. As a consequence, there seems to be a bit of a curve here and there!
However, I have really bunged up the casting off of my sister's scarf. I managed to miss a loop/stitch. I kept wondering why the yarn was getting tighter and tighter, and then I saw I had missed a loop about 4 stitches back. I took the cast off apart and tried again, but it doesn't look right either. So, tomorrow I am going to try again. At least if I really mess it up, I know I will be able to crochet an edge on it.
I have also found out that one needs to pay attention to which way the needles are wrapped. I messed up on both scarves. When you wrap it the opposite way, it reverses the stitching. On my niece's scarf I did at the first quarter mark, and again at the end to try and make it look like a design. At the very end of my sister's scarf, I did the same thing due to low light. So, this has been a learning experience . Tomorrow I will start on the Brother-in-law's scarf and the BF's.
Since the BF didn't like the yarn I had bought for her scarf, and admired the niece's yarn, even although it had sequins on it (!), I bought some bright blue, sheeny yarn today for her scarf. She saw it tonight and approved of it.
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The Senate has finally passed the tax bill, which also has an extension of unemployment benefits in it. The president is expected to sign it into law January 1st. So, I am thinking my benefits will continue after the run out date at the end of January.
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