A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about finishing my first-ever knitting project, a scarf.  I also mentioned in that post that I’ve also been working on a blanket, and that it was taking forever.  Well, it’s still taking forever.  But it’s because I put it aside to work on a Christmas gift for my good friend Heather, and since Christmas is over and the scarf has been finished and gifted, I can now share it with you all!

Just a tiny bit of background here…

Heather’s favorite color is purple.  It’s difficult to find such a color yarn.  But I did find it, on my favorite website for all things knitting: KnitPicks.com.  I have bought a ton of yarn on that website, and a whole set of Harmony Wood knitting needles, which are the best knitting needles ever, in my humble beginner’s opinion.  I found the pattern I used for the scarf on Knitting Fairy, where it was free!  The pattern was all knit stitches, except for every other row, where there was a yarn over and a K2tog thrown in (for my readers who are also knitters!).

Here’s the finished product, which I was very happy with and proud of.  I loved making this scarf so much that I have already purchased more yarn (green this time) to make another one, and a hat to hopefully go with it (I’ve never made a hat before, so we’ll have to see how that goes).

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