My Dad is impossible to buy for. He's they typical Dad that says "Oh, I don't need anything, I have everything that I want." Sweet but so frustrating! He also likes to dress pretty dapper with jumpers matching his socks. Naturally then he has a jumper in every single colour possible and endless ties and cufflinks. This is why my Dad is impossible to buy for.
But wait, hang on, a knitted tie...my Dad doesn't have a knitted tie!! Hurrah! Present problem solved!
I decided that I wanted a 100% silk yarn, ideally 4 ply, to make it from. Unfortunately, internet searching and a visit to John Lewis revealed that 4 plys were all silk mixes. The only 100% silk I found was Debbie Bliss Luxury Silk DK. Yup, double knit. This would have to do and I just used smaller needles to cast on with. The recommended size was 4mm so I used 3.25mm so the stitches came up smaller. There wasn't really a pattern either, 12 stitches wide in a seed/moss stitch. A stockinette would have just curled up at the edges and not looked very nice. Using the whole 50g skein, the tie measured up as 53" long. I had wanted it to be 58" as most of his ties were this length :(
I decided to let my Dad be the judge of the length and thankfully he said it was fine!
So here's the tie that I made for my awesome Dad!
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