Blooming Superwash Scarf

The Blooming Cotton Scarf Pattern by Eunny Jang

The colors I chose!

So many colors, so much fun! If you're like me and have some trouble with tension when doing color work, try this pattern. Because you're only using one strand per round, you don't have to juggle multiple strands. It's all ingenious slipped stitches. The pattern is easy to remember and it's easy to see where you are in the pattern, thanks to all those colors!

The scarf is knit in the round, then cut and partially unraveled to create the fringe. See Below.

I've decided not to do the full pattern and knit only half the width of the scarf. I've also decided to sew a fabric backing onto the scarf. The back of the scarf has all those wonderful carried strands from the slipped stitches and seem prone to snagging.

Pretty green fabric

More on all this once the scarf is totally finished.

Wavy

Wavy Scarf Pattern from Handmaiden

This was a super easy quick knit. Urban Yarns has tons of this Fleece Artist yarn. The yarn I used was Merino 2/6 with AngelHair(mohair) in the Peacock colorway. The 2 separate skeins are sold together with the idea that you knit with both yarns at the same time. My favorite part was watching the colors change. So pretty.

Catching Up

Flower Brooch

Flower Brooch on Knitted Pouch

And some pretty knitted lace....

.....to make a classy little scarf.

This is the Juliet Scarf from Louisa Harding's book Knitting Little Luxuries. Originally for a light and fluffy yarn (angora blend), this one was knit with 2 strands of different yarns together for some added weight and density. I used Hand Maiden's Cashemere and Silk and Great Big Sea, both in the Ivory colorway.

The knitted pouch which contains the scarf was a quick pattern that I whipped up that echoes one of the lace motifs from the original pattern. I started at the bottom using the provisional cast-on, added 4 reps of the lace pattern on both sides, made some yarn over holes for the crocheted cord to go through and voila! Little knitted pouch. I just thought a scarf like this should have sometime to protect it when it's put away. So. There we go. This is another one for Sherry. She'll get it tomorrow. =)

Sherry's Hat and Scarf

Me modeling a hat and scarf I'm working on for my friend Sherry.


"Hey Sherry! I'm almost done! Almost."

Happy New Year!

The first FO of the year!

This gray scarf is a gift for my sister. Not really a late X-mas gift.... A simple 'just because' gift. (Basically, I asked if she wanted me to knit her anything and this is what she requested.) It is so. Freaking. SOFT. Chunky Baby Alpaca yarn... *drool* I'll be sending it off in the mail soon!

I've got a bunch of projects lined up and it's just a matter of choosing which ones to work on. I am going to try very hard to not spend any extra money this year which means I'll be working on slimming down my stash.

For starters!

I'm going to knit this.....

Which I found in this....

And I'm going to knit it with this.

Cobblestone Pullover FO and Nomad Hat and Scarf FO

Cobblestone Pullover

I like it when it only takes 9 days to knit a sweater. Of course it doesn't hurt that My Fella usually fits one of the smaller sizes. This Cobblestone Pullover pattern by Brooklyntweed is a beaut. It's very easy to read and all of it is knit in the round which I love! The only seams to be sewn are under the arms, another plus for me since I dislike sewing seams. My Fella is so sweet he has been very careful his green zip-up skull sweater for fear that he might wreck it somehow. It was the first sweater I had ever knit for him so I appreciate and understand how he feels. But this time I have given him strict orders to wreck this sweater. Pilling, threadbare, worn. I want him to wear it so often that people start asking him why he doesn't change clothes. *haha* Okay, maybe not that much...

I knit this sweater with Rowan Felted Tweed (50% Merino wool/ 25% Alpaca/25% Viscose/Rayon). 6 1/2 balls @ 50g each (175m/191yds).

Nomad Hat and Scarf

Another quick knit FO I've got is the Nomad Hat and Scarf pattern by Kat Coyle from the same Fall 2007 issue of IK. I knit it with Patagonia Nature Cotton from Araucania.

Now all we have to do is wait for fall.

FO's like a mofo!

Red Ribbed Shrug

~Specs~

Pattern:
Ribbed Shrug from Erika Knight's Glamour Knits (Slightly modified. I knit from cuff to underarm in the round and shortened the length of the collar.)

Yarn:
Cascade Yarns 100% Peruvian Highland Wool 100g/220 yards 4 balls (because the pattern calls for 2 strands knitted together.)

Needles:
generic circs in 9mm and 8mm

Pros:
Quick like a bunny. Easy too. It was practically like knitting a scarf. Yep.

Cons:
Supremely warm. Good if it's cold, bad if it's just about summer. Also, next time I will knit it with one strand of yarn as opposed to the 2 strands the pattern calls for. Or maybe in a different weight all together...

Here is the back of the shrug and me racked out on the bed. This is actually one of the only photos that shows the true color of the yarn. Why is red so hard to photograph?

Next up: The Noro Striped Scarf. It was so quick to knit up there was no time for a colour progress update. Here she is all finished up.

Striped Noro Scarf

~Specs~

Pattern:
Variation of a pattern found at Brooklyntweed

Yarn:
Noro, Noro, Noro! 100% wool - 4 balls over different colourways. Kureyon Greens(163)/Kureyon Purple(153)/Kureyon Forest Brown(172) and a leftover ball I lost the band for.

Needles:
4mm bamboo straights

Pros:
This one, also quick like a bunny. easy and total instant gratification. Watching the colour combos happen was the best part.

Cons:
I already want to make another one but do I really need more than one of these scarves? Maybe to give as a gift....


I was in the process of posting more photos of the Striped Noro Scarf but Blogger has crapped out on me. Will edit post with more photos later.

How could I resist?

Striped Noro Scarf

What's not to love? I came across it at Brooklyntweed and had to make my own. Color progress update to come.

Things I'v been up to!

Sock yarn scarves

There has been a blitz of scarves woven lately. I was half-heartedly gearing up for a possible craft sale that is happening with my work. Then I crapped out near the deadline of applying for a table. But there is always next year and now I have a bank of could-be gifts. I have actually sold a couple of the seaweed scarves to a friend of mine who has taken a liking to them so there's that too.

Seaweed scarves

And in two days I've managed to knit up most of this ribbed shrug. The photo is crap but it gives you an idea of what it's like.

Red Ribbed Shrug

Let's not forget the newest colors from Mama-E for the Project spectrum sock club. Mine came in the mail a week ago and I am still deciding on a sock pattern.

Spring's Beginning by Mama-E

Shur looks purdy in dat light tho!

Project Spectrum Pink

New scarf on the loom

Magnolia blooms

And now with the not so pink. Decided to start a new scarf with the 3 Manos del Uruguay skeins (color 114) I purchased in Seattle.

I'm using a daisy stitch pattern I found in Vogue Knitting Stitchionary (Volume One: Knit & Purl)

What can I say? I like it.