You might have noticed by at the start of my blog yesterday I mentioned that I DON'T do garments well I am going to buck that trend and do a scarf. "A scarf?" I hear you say, well yes I am, but as always with me its a bit unusual.
Last year I became aware of something called a mood scarf, the famous Jem Weston made one and it looked amazing when finally completed. the idea being that you track you daily mood over a space of time by knitting two rows everyday for a year in a set colour for that mood.
Although this sound all good fun there is a serious reason for me doing it. I have very serious Bi-polar type one disorder, at times I am prisoner to my own mind and mood and have no control over my behavior or actions. I am meant to keep a mood diary which I track my mood on a scale of 1 to 10 on a little grid, this is standard practice with people with by bipolar to help them understand their mood. I personally think they are boring and never ever do it, so this mood scarf will become my diary.
I have choose to use The Women's Institute Soft and Chunky , which is exclusive to Hobbycraft. It is an Acrylic/Merino Mix and is very smooth in texture.
I have chosen the colours of Grey, Teal and Navy, as I don't really want to be walking round with a rainbow scarf on at the end. I will also only be doing one row a day because I have chunky yarn and I might end up with a Dr Who scarf if not careful.
The selected colours will mean
1-4 Suicidal/depressed and low
5-6 Normal (boring)
7 - 10 Happy / Hyper-manic and manic (nutty)
You might also be think why today, well today is my Birthday! I am 29 so if this lasts a year I will be 30 on completion. I will keep you up to date with it as it progresses over the coming months.
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