Discussion and Photos of our Works in Progress (Jan. & Feb.)

[JustJessi16]

In order to have a somewhat manageable scarf, I cast on 39 stitches with a 4.5 mm needle (which with my tight gauge is equivalent to a 4 mm needle). Based on January, it should be about 80 inches long.
We had some pretty varied temperatures this month, with highs up to 60 F (light green) and down to 11 F (dark, sparkly purple).

Yours looks pretty similar to mine - we must live in similar climates- What are you doing to get that double piping look on the edges? That's lovely!

[JustJessi16]

Here's a photo of my granny square afahan. I am up to date as of 2.1.13. The width is 48 inches and the squares are just short of 2.5 inches. I have 20 squares per row, and will have 20 rows total. I will have 3 white squares between each month and 1 white square at the beginning and end of the afghan ... 400 squares total. I will decide what kind of boarder to add when this is over - don't know how much tmperature color yarn I'll have left over.

Here is a copy of my layout by date. I wasn't able to upload an exce file, so I scanned it ...hopefully you can read it!

Yours is gorgeous! I love the snowflake look and the colors!

[Nelliebean]

Okay! Feel like I finally got started. I'm making a wrap, and it took a few trys to get the cast on stitch amount correct to the gauge length I want. I'm terrible at getting gauge, and could not match the yarn label AT ALL, and even my swatching failed me for a good final number.

Anyhoo, the result is 369 stitches, which is totally a coincidence and which I think is pretty cool since this project represents 365 days. I figure the extra 4 stitches can represent that every 4 years is a leap year.

I'm using the Chevron stitch for itty bitty chevrons (k4,yo,k1,yo,k4,dd). It takes about an hour to knit one day (1 row each high/low temp). But seriously, that's okay, it gives me a chance to unwind with 'yarn yoga' during lunch hour.

Hopefully, at the end of February I'll be caught up and can post a picture, 'til then...

Happy knitting/crocheting everyone! I love all the pictures of the WIPs.

[grannypat99]

I finally got my yarn and got started, but have only done about 10 days so far. I cast on 72 stitches and am knitting in the round. The scarf will be about 8 inches wide. Here are my colors:

[gruvey9]

My first 8 days. Was hoping to hit another color by now

[Lynette]

First three days of January...stitch used is knotted openwork. Cast on 45 stitches due to using laceweight yarn. Hoping to have more done by tomorrow.

[zhanie]

Here is my temperature scarf so far. I am just following the knitted instructions.

[zhanie]

I began February first.

[JClaire]

I ripped out and began to re-knit my scarf for the THIRD TIME, today! AH! And I'm using an entirely different stitch pattern, this time.

[Lynette]

Worked more on the scarf today - glad I made the decision to go with the lighter weight yarn - still think the scarf will be pretty long even with that, lol!

The color palette is staying fairly moderate for the month of January - I'm waiting for warmer days where I can break into some of the darker colors, including the Aqua Marine!

First attempt at knitting a lace type stitch, not too bad if I say so myself. The downside of the milk yarn is my boyfriend's parents had cats who wanted to eat the yarn in the worst way.

The lighting is a bit odd - camera flash kept bleeding out the stitching. Color is a bit lighter than shown.