More Knitting! A scarf and coinpurse.

With February almost over, looking back on the knitting projects I've done, I'm pretty satisfied! I only planned on doing two, and while I didn't exactly go way beyond that, simply the fact that I've gathered more materials and tried new things makes me feel like this month's craft has been a success. I'm still working on one and I plan to do another still so I won't write this crafting challenge off just yet, but it is almost over. For now though, I'll address two of the things I worked on.

First is the scarf I started so many years ago and just couldn't finish. Second is the coin purse that I planned on doing before the month even started!

Fun things!

The scarf I wanted to finish simply because I had been working on it for sooo long. I think it basically passed the point of being a practical scarf for me to wear and a weird experiment with knitting. It started off at 5.5 inches wide and then somehow grew to 7 inches wide! (Please note: Not a male enhancement ad.) Because I was really just ready to end this thing, I cast off and ended up with this awkwardly shaped and awkwardly not short or not long "scarf." The success of freeing up my needles worked, but now I had this thing that really didn't work as a scarf. Solution? Cat scarf! Maybe?

He looks cute enough in it at least!

 
Now, the coin purse. Because of all the cheap produce here, I'm left with such an abundance of change; it's crazy! I figured that a coin purse would be perfect to do as it's practical and completes my challenge quota. Since I used the same yarn as the wonky cat scarf, I didn't have much left of it. Instead of knitting to the suggested length, I knit a bit short of that, scared that I was going to run out of yarn. The result? A funky "coin purse" in which the flap doesn't quite fit over the case.

Although it does hold change!

I still plan on getting a button for it and completing the thing, just have to find a decent-sized button.

In any case, those were fun...
The month is almost over, sure, but plenty of knitting left to do!