Monday, November 29, 2010
Did I mention I like scarves?
I have been working on a pattern, yes I am designing a pattern. I got a little bogged down in the process and had to put it down to clear my mind. I cast around and with a little stash diving and a wonderful new knitting book I found just the thing. If you remember I went to the Midwest Fiberfest last summer ( http://tempestinapot.blogspot.com/2010/07/midwest-fiber-folk-art-fair.html ). I bought some crazy thick and thin merino yarn from some sweet ladies hailing from Minnesota. It was in fact taking a lot of space up in my pie safe o' yarn. I knew from fairly early on I wanted to make a scarf out of the yarn.
Flash forward to my new book. Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders by Judith Durant. The book is brilliant, packed with patterns for gloves, bags, scarves, shawls, lamp shades, and of course socks. There is a Noro scarf that I am so going to knit. Anyway, the "19th-Century Honeycomb Stitch Scarf" caused my little felted heart to go pitter-pat. It was exactly the pattern I wanted for my thick and thin yarn.
My first cast on was on 9 straight needles and it was just to tight. I frogged my first attempt and pulled out the big guns, a set of 11s. I also decreased the cast on by 7 stitches. In four short nights I had a new, wildly garish scarf. I am in love with the silly thing. Trust me you can't miss me flying my new green scarf, I love scarves.
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