I buy my sweaters at a local charity shop and then wash them on hot a couple of times. This felts the wool. Read: shrinks it all to hell. Seriously, some won't even fit a toddler afterward! :-/ Then the wool can be cut without unraveling.
This is the first one I made. It features Eileen's ClassicWonkyHandstitching throughout. Some of that was done at the Women's Retreat, so those parts are EXTRA wonky. :-)
In case you missed the twitpic, this scarf starred in....
"Hi-yah! Beware the elusive yet dangerously hilarious and smartassical ScarfNinja! :-D"
I had to cut the first three scarves with the ill-suited black handled scissors in the photo. I pretty much eye-balled it, so these scarves are extra "charming". :-) After some whining on Facebook, my friend from church graciously loaned me her rotary cutter and mat. :-) I also managed to get my recalcitrant sewing machine to work, so that made the sewing go MUCH faster! Yay! Now there's only a little handstitching on each one.
By the way, I used two skirts to make these twins.
I made this scarf for my church's fall auction. There was a bidding war. Yay! :-)
Almost done with a little final handstitching on this one.
Cut out and ready to sew. Unless I change my mind again. Again.And oh, by the way, I'm not a formatting idiot, it's Blogspot. No, really! ;-) Anyway, I tried. :-)
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