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[pensnest]

I knitted myself a scarf last night—only took half an hour–and wore it to knitting group this morning, where everyone was quite interested. Any guesses?

Have been purchasing large quantities of chocolate as I offered to run a chocolate tasting at Redemption (con, this weekend). It is very hard, having so much chocolate in the house that I cannot eat! But the lady in Hotel Chocolat took pity on my and gave me a supermilk raspberry egg, which I must say was jolly good.

A. Chocolate. Tasting.

Comments

[withagreatlove]

Yay scarf and chocolate! What does your scarf look like?

[pensnest]

It is red/orange/pink/purple, and has *giant* stitches (seven in a row) because I made it using my arms as knitting needles. Which is why it only took half an hour. I used about eight strands of regular yarns in combination. It is extremely cheerful! And very snug when wound about my neck.

[withagreatlove]

Ahhh arm-knitting. Sounds like so much fun! Did you teach yourself or get it off a tutorial?

[pensnest]

YouTube! It's my go-to for knitting advice, when I don't want to wait until Wednesday morning. Although I had seen a friend doing arm-knitting a few months back.

[withagreatlove]

So your friend taught you to arm-knit? What was the thickness of your yarn and how much did you need? Any videos you recommend? Thanks! :)

[pensnest]

She didn't teach me to arm-knit, but she made me aware that it was a Thing that people do.

The video I watched is here, and is very clear. If you fancy creating yourself a scarf, it's useful to have a sizeable stash so that you can combine a bunch of yarns rather than buying something just for the purpose.

I found it handy to put my yarns into a washing basket and thread each one through a separate hole so that they didn't become hopelessly tangled as I went along.

[ephemera]

That sounds kind of amazing, as an activity and as a garment

[chalcopyrite]

A chocolate tasting sounds like a marvellous idea. Yum.

[pensnest]

Sadly I could not have afforded a truly spectacular taste sensation, so it's going to be fun rather than entirely serious. But there'll be some good stuff in there. Hope there will be some left for me!

[sperrywink]

YAY chocolate!! Have fun at Redemption with it!

Arm knitting- never even heard of such a ting!

[copracat]

Mmm, chocolate tasting.

[rikes]

Hope you're having a marvellous time at Redemption right now!