I cannot knit scarves.
Sadly it's true; I apparently lack the patience to knit a long repeating rectangle. My pathetic first ever garter stitch scarf attempt is proof of this. I made it to about 4 inches and then went "OK, that's enough of that." Now with the new Harry Potter movie/book coming out this has been the cause of much angst as I embrace my dorkieness and totally wanted a scarf to wear. Now I know I could probably buy one but I'm even worse about buying something I could make. So I set to brain storming and then it came to me.
The Harry Potter In-a-Hurry Scarf
Finger knitting - the ultimate in painless knitting! I blogged on this super easy method before and it makes a nice hair wrap/skinny scarf. I might also mention that I have no time to knit a gigantic stockinette scarf as well so this was perfect. I immediately knew trying to work in tons of ends was not an option either and so I cheated. I cut strips to the size I wanted and tightly knotted the ends together trimming any excess. Hey this isn't an heirloom. I usually adhere to the 'No Knots' decree but with a few exceptions. (Such as in the String bag, really how the heck else would you join a new ball in that pattern?) Also got to sport my sweet Harry and The Potters shirt, which I highly recommend you see if they are playing in your area- hilarious.
I solemnly swear I am up to no good.
My POA scarf took about a year for me to knit because even though I love wearing scarves I hate knitting them. I get horribly bored as well and want to end them well before they become something wearable.
That is too cute and very original. I can make scarves but they remind me too much of the first two years of knitting. I didn't know how to make anything else so I burnt myself out on them.
I can't wait to see the Harry Potter movie! It's going to be awesome!
That is super cute! What a fun idea.
I totally agree about scarves. I knit one for my husband and it was like torture!
That's a great idea, especially for a summer scarf! ^^ I know what you mean by not being able to buy something you can make yourself, I gave up many things just because I thought "well, I can make it, why should I spend money on it". Whether I actually made it afterwards is another story... ^^
Very cute! I'm also not a scarf person. I think I've knit 2 total. What an ingenious way to get a scarf-like FO without the commitment! :)
Very clever!
I can trick myself into knitting scarves. It just requires a movie and having already cast on.
Very cool! I'm going to have to teach my kids that too. They'd love it!
I hear what you're saying on the scarf front and you came up with a very cute solution... although seriously, Hufflepuff all the way!
Yeah, you guessed it, I'll be at the midnight book release too.
what a great and quick idea!
Ooh, I've got an entire Hermione costume I'm wearing to the midnight book release, sans scarf (sent it to my brother). . .this might be a good stand in! Thanks!
Heyyyy, I like the idea of the fingerknitted scarf! You're getting me all excited about the Harry Potter book, where I'm been pretty relaxed about it all along. Very soon, we'll all be hunkered down reading and ignoring the housework. Yay!
Hi from Las Vegas! -Cool Idea! I've never tried "finger knitting" before. This looks like a great summer acessory for a desert-dweller like me!
That is bloody brilliant! I, however, am a glutton for punishment. I made my first scarf (Ravenclaw) as a stockinette TUBE! Didn't want to deal with curly edges and wrong side/right side issues. I'm making another TUBE (Gryffindor) for my daughter.
I did mine in light worsted and was going to do hers in fingering. She wanted the chunkier feel so I ended up doubling up the fingering for hers. Did mine out of Rowan worsted 100% wool and hers out of alpaca so it wouldn't be too scratchy on her.