We all do it. Don’t be ashamed. If you know how to knit, you have some… FAILED KNITTING.
An anecdote: A friend of mine announced she was pregnant with her second child. In anticipation, I bought a pattern for a cute little sweater. Friend had baby: A girl! So I bought some pink-ish wools and started in.
A year later, it evolved into a first-birthday gift.
Many other years later, it evolved into something for one the child’s dolls, perhaps.
Yet more years later… and I will be incorporating the pieces and bits of knit into some scarves.
I have done something like this a couple of times before. Once I felted an unfinished knit charity quilt-square (I missed the deadline, of course) into the end of a scarf. Here is a photo of the finished scarf:
my scarf!
I have more recently created a similar scarf. This time I used a finished, knitted scarf I wasn’t happy with, and sewed on (by hand!) some ruffly chiffon. I have this for sale on my Etsy page for a few days, and if it doesn’t sell it is MINE.
a knitted scarf and some chiffon find a new life together
Some of us just aren’t true knitters. We can’t find happiness with what we make; however we are continually drawn to trying again and again. The path to peace within the realm of knitting is perhaps in finding a mixed-media outlet for yourself. Sew on knitting. Felt with knitting. Re-purpose knitted bits. Go on, you can do it. Do It Yourself.
knitted bits of pinky wool will find their ways into scarves
Natasha Henderson, Montreal
*note this would work with crochet, too… and there’s nothing stopping you from making something like a cup-cosy out of your little knit and crochet bits. Small is good…
