Gordon and the Scarf
My friend Gordon came over my house today and brought me a giant wedge of chocolate cake. Definitely a very welcome gift at 8 months pregnant! Not only did he come bearing carbs; he was also wearing one of the first things I’d ever knit! It’s a giant garter stitch scarf in dark green Lion Brand Homespun:
The scarf is huge–it looks to be just under a foot wide, and is plenty long enough for his 6′8″ frame. I gave him this scarf, for his birthday, I think, in July of 2000. When I saw it today I couldn’t believe he still had it, although upon further reflection it makes total sense. Dude never throws anything away, ever, and his estate will be the stuff of comic book and pro-wrestling collector fantasy.
This scarf is pretty embarrassing in terms of knitting quality: I was such a bad knitter that when I ran out of yarn while binding off, I finished binding off with a random gray yarn rather than unknitting a row and then binding off. I vaguely remember being afraid that if I tried to go back I would mess everything up and unravel the entire scarf. Which, given my knitting skills at the time, probably wasn’t all that unrealistic of a fear.
That being said, it was still pretty amazing to see this thing in action today. Someday I’ll have to knit him something a bit more impressive, but in the meantime it’s nice to see something I made so early in my knitting career is still keeping someone warm.
