It is Very Narrow.
I’ve been bemoaning my yarn miscalcuation for my current knitting project, but I kept saying that narrow would be better than too short. Unfortunately I have run into the problem of it being plenty long, but much too narrow. I ran out of yarn, less five or so yards to cast it off if necessary, with a final width of just three inches. This scarf looks more like a belt, heh.
It’s all bunched up around the circular needle, the oh too short circular needle that is. This shot will at least give you an idea of what I’ve been working on for the last few days.
My options are to get another ball of the yarn, which would certainly be a different dye-lot, which could result in it looking less than good, or I think I’d go with a complementary solid colour, in the same yarn brand/label. If I went with a solid, it would be like stripes within stripes, which could look quite interesting. I really do like how the variagated yarn creates staggered stripes when knitted lengthwise, versus the camo-effect of knitting the, more normal, short way.
I also came across some disturbing and saddening news when it comes to knitting needles this morning. I have a metal allergy, nickel pretty much acts as a chemical peel whenever it contacts my skin. A couple of years ago when I put up my office ceiling fan I had all of the skin on my hands and fingers painfully peel off, because the brushed nickel wasn’t lacquered over; just to illustrate the point. I had been thinking of just splurging and getting some Addi Turbo needles for my big Harry Potter scarf project, figuring that I might as well get ‘the best’ for it. I came to learn this morning that they are nickel-plated brass. My goodness, such a disaster that would be… since I would prefer to keep the skin on my fingers, I think I’ll have to pass on that particular brand forever.
I’m also a little concerned about the Susan Bate’s needles I’ve been using for my current project, because I have a bit of skin peeling off of my thumb… it could be just friction with the yarn, but it’s a bit difficult to say. I never thought about my metal allergy and problems with choosing metal knitting needles… I suppose because most are typically advertised as alluminium.
