Scarves Are Evil- A Flashback Friday Post

I found the following in my "Drafts" last Friday (along with last week's Flashback Friday post) and kept it to myself in case of emergencies.

I had a student come and ask for knitting help today (woot!) and she was working on a scarf and I almost wanted to cry. She was so excited and it is going to take a while to finish that sarf. :-(

Without further ado, a post originally dated 6/22/07:

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I've had this post in mind for a few weeks, but a comment on floofle's blog just kick-started me into actually committing it to cyber-print.

It’s a nifty little scarf, but the only way it could possibly be more boring to knit is if it was plain stockinette. I’m very much not a scarf knitter anymore.*

Why does almost every Learn to Knit book start the beginner with a scarf? Learning to knit can be nerve wracking no matter how motivated. Asking a new knitter to make a scarf is jut plain mean. I want something to show off NOW! Not months from now.

*The entire post can be found here.