Dear Ellen,
Dale convinced me that I should have a hand knit thank you gift for the Chief of Naval Operations when he does my retirement. And he told me it should be a scarf. And it had to be in navy blue and gold colors for the Navy. And it needed to be cool looking. He is convinced that the CNO will never have had anything knit for him by an admiral before. He is probably right. So, I agreed. Then I spent several days searching for a reversible pattern stitch that worked with two colors. I decided to do slip stitch diagonal stripes. And I found the yarn at a fantastic little shop in the northern part of Lancaster County. Since then I’ve been busy on it, but it still has about 40% to go. I should come in under the deadline without too much fuss. And I like it well enough that I may modify it and knit another for Dale and to work for a pattern to publish. I’ll put up a photo of the back side when I think of it. It is not identical, but is very nice so although the scarf is not truly reversible, it works.
Here are some other colors I saw this weekend. Our ferns are just gorgeous right now.
And so are our table scraps.
Love, Jan
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
May 21st, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Oh, I love the ferns. If you need me to cast off the scarf while I’m in the audience at your retirement, just let me know.
May 21st, 2012 at 8:21 pm
An admiralable thing to do. Coming out nicely, too.
May 21st, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Very nice - and entirely appropriate. A scarf knitted by an admiral must be worth some serious conversation, too. I admit, though, that it’s the ferns that make me want to use the exclamation point (!!) - I love green…
May 22nd, 2012 at 10:50 am
A scarf knit by an admiral…no, I don’t imagine there are too many of those going around. Looks like it will be a really interesting pattern, too!
Your retirement is getting so close! You must be excited. I’ve been trying to figure out ways to “conveniently” pop down to DC for the day, but I’m afraid it probably won’t work out. Hope the ceremony goes well!