Garter Stitch.....Some May Say Boring...I Say .... Meditative

One would think that after the Pillowghan (which I now wish I had ripped back and made longer...lesson learned) that I would not be willing to do a project that requires miles and miles of garter stitch.    Miles and miles of garter stitch does not pique interest or engage the brain.  There are times in live when one wants neither of those.  Fortunately for the person who asked for a ginormous garter stitch scarf, this is one of those times for me.

One of the people at work that I like and respect, brought me a fortyish year old loooooooong garter stitch scarf that surprisingly (not) is on its last legs.    I agreed to make another if he went out and found the yarn he wanted.   

The yarn came from JoAnn's.  It is a very nice acrylic that I am actually enjoying knitting.    It is soft.  It is not splitty at all.   The color is pooling beautifully.

The yarn is Big Twist Rainbow Classic Multi.  One skein has 447 yards.   This project will take one full and one partial skein.

This is coming along nicely.  While I do have to pay attention to make sure that I don't drop a stitch in the heat of TV knitting, it is a calming project and one that I am happy to do.

Measuring the work against the old scarf this morning, it looks like there are eleven more inches to do.  As I race toward that goal, I have to decide if I will make it an inch or so shorter to allow for the famous garter stitch stretching.  I am not sure what I want to do it.   I will have plenty left to do a nice fringe to make this scarf like the original.

Will this scarf still be around in forty years?   I hope that it is used and loved as much as the first one.  Maybe it will be still around with the holes and the wear of the first.