Marley was dead to begin with. But Scrooge, with his penchant for turning off the gaslights in his house, had only a newly-knit scarf for keeping out the draught.
Knit scarves were cheap, and Scrooge liked them. He forced poor Bob Cratchitt to work day and night, his fingers numb, on this very scarf, just to keep Scrooge's elongated neck toasty and warm in the frigid London air.
Scrooge, who battled with then-unknown sensory integration disorders, enjoyed methodically rubbing the nubbles of his new article of clothing. He particularly enjoyed carressing the scarf when denying his employees an extra shovel-full of coal in the fire.
After visiting with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present & Future, Scrooge decided that he loved his scarf so much, that he would have Bob Crachitt make identical ones for everyone in London-- and he would pay Bob a fair wage for his work! God bless us, everyone!
The End. DH, I mean Scrooge, will now show off the ends I have yet to weave in, due to laziness and ineptitude. This is my first real honest-to-goodness FO. I have heretofore made a quickie cell-phone case and a huge, chunky, finished in no time garter-stitch striped scarf. This is my first time making a pattern with any effort.
It's done in some wool-ease 20% wool 80% acrylic stuff, double-knit b/c my swatch in single looked skimpy. It's 2x2 rib in the "body" of the scarf, with flared trapezoidal ends. I didn't do any increases; the natural changing of knits to purls did it all by itself, which was my intention. Close-ups:
Finally, I present to you, complete with grease stains, a fruit sticker, and many revisions, my pattern. I followed the idea of the grid, but not the pattern, b/c I increased it to 30 stitches wide.
Should I block it? It's kind of lumpy due to having needles stuck in various points over the past 3 years (yes, that's how long this took me). Sigh. I'm not sure if knitting is so relaxing for me! But at least it's done!
