I fell in love with Shamrock

The very first knitting project I started was the seed stitch scarf out of Shamrock in Fitzpatrick. A lot of people commented that seed stitch was a little much for a very first project. I loved it. I told Kelley I wanted to learn to purl, so the seed stitch scarf was her idea. I LOVE how the seed stitch works with the color variations in Shamrock, it's like the two were meant for each other.

Well then I thought I needed a hat to coordinate, so I got some Shamrock in Reilly and made the ribbed hat. It was my first ribbed anything and it also was really fun to do. It's so satisfying to watch the ribs form right before your eyes.

Shamrock is a very friendly yarn to knit with for a beginner. It's just the right weight, just the right stretchiness, and the color variations are forgiving with small mistakes. I'm now working with Comfy, which is my first cotton project and I'm clearly spoiled by how easy it is to work with Shamrock.

If I was more poetic, I'd write a Haiku declaring my love, but instead, I think I'll just find another excuse to use it again.

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Comment by MarciH on June 30, 2008 at 1:13pm: This little hat took just one ball. I cast on 88 stitches and it was only about 5 inches when i started decreasing. The scarf on the other hand took 6 balls--i swear it needs it's own zip code, it is so big.

Comment by jamielynnecrissman on June 29, 2008 at 12:43pm: Your scarf & hat are wonderful -- congrats! My very first project was a scarf, too, but I haven't progressed beyond the scarves & afghans in garter stitch or stockinett yet -- but isn't it fun when you find a project and a yarn that seem meant for each other?

Comment by Francesca on June 22, 2008 at 2:36am: Can you please tell us how many balls of yarns you used?

I'd like to make a hat in Shamrock but I can't decide if I need two or three balls of it.

Comment by Alison on June 20, 2008 at 9:10am: I can't get over how strrrrretchy your hat turned out - it looks like it's only half the size before you put it on.