Lace Scarf

There is a little project that has been hanging around on my needles since April, which I've never blogged about mainly because it's in a holding pattern.

For any of this to make sense, you should know that floating around in my brain is this mental image of myself when I'm all put together.  I can see myself were my hair is styled and I accessorize.  I look like I just walked of the page of a fashion magazine and my wallet and closet are big enough to handle my style.  It's always fall in my head.  I wear a lot of layers.  So I took my wardrobe into my own hands and cast on my only skein of lace weight....

I got this far before screwing up.

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It's a far cry from the finished product (rav), but I am hoping that the new cold weather will inspire my inner fashionista to knit it up.

Stash Resuscitation

It occurred to me after finishing my sweater and socks left me with nothing on my needles.  (Well, nothing that I can make progress on.  The sock blanket requires me to knit more socks and PoPo's sweater requires me to buy more yarn.)  I quickly remedied that with some stash busting.  At first I thought that I might take the plunge with another sweater and pull out one of my two Kuni graduated yarns to work on one of the gorgeous fair isle pieces in my rav que.  But simplicity was calling my name and I grabbed my only lace wight yarn in the entire stash.  Please don't laugh about the irony of simple lace you'll jinx me.

Dragonfly Fibers 'Dragon Lace' in Holly Berry.  870yds/4oz

I purchased this at SAFF two years ago at the same time I purchased the yarn for Tree Duo.  It seemed fitting to continue clearing out the event's yarn with the mojo I got by finishing a project with it.  Believe it or not, I am actually knitting the project I had in mind when I bought this yarn the Myrtle Leaf Shawl with willow border (rav link) from Victorian Lace Today. 

Though it's turning out considerably small than intended.  Oh well, no big loss.  I'm not into shawls anyway, and am suited for a scarf.

Cloudy with a Chance of Scarf

When I started this post on the 12th of January it was snowing flurries again, the kind of weather that is unprecedented for my area. So I'm guessing that the recipient of this scarf is going to be really thankful I am finally finished with it while the weather's still cold. After all it only took 7 months to knit up *ahem* 3 months after he purchased the yarn for it....


Last April, my husband's best friend, Michael, ended up going into a yarn shop with me. I could explain how this happened, but I'd rather leave it a mystery-my blog needs some sort of intrigue-At any rate Michael mentioned that he might like a handknit scarf while in the presence of walls of yarn. Is there a better why to flip the on switch in a knitter? I think not. So I immediately volunteered to knit one up for him.


We discussed what color, how long, what texture, how soft, etc., etc., etc. until he picked out this gorgeous shade of red in a merino/silk blend. The man has taste. I'm glad that I have already laid claims on him as surrogate husband in case of my actual husband's unexpected demise. (Which if he doesn't stop turning on my reading lamp every time it's his shift with the baby might be sooner than expected.)


The pattern he picked out came out of a Japanese stitchionary, so that was a little fun to interpret, but after two feet I had the pattern memorized. There were a few little errors in the chart, but they were easy to correct. First, the chart did not have a the purled stitches to either side of the center slip stitch that was shown in the photo graph. It was easy enough to add those.

The second error was a little more confusing. The pattern completely omitted a demarcation of where the pattern restarted. Knit rows 1 through 44 and restart back at row 1 got you a wonky little fish looking pattern instead of the clear xoxoxox as seen in the photos. I screwed that one up on the first repeat, but when I asked my husband (the recipient of many handknitted items by moi) to find the mistake, it took a few minutes of scrutiny and I decided it was not worth ripping out several inches of knitting. I was a fearless knitter. Fearless.

And it was worth it.

I told you i'd post pictures later

So this is Christmas present for my friend. I am very proud of this piece of work as it is labeled an intermediate level. yay! I'm intermediate! the top picture shows the true colors of the scarf. the bottom picture shows a better detail, in worse color.

I'm very excited to note as well that my gauging as become more accurate and stiches have become more consistant. it was definately worth all the pitiful scarves i made before to achieve this level. I can't wait to do my first really big project, like the weasley sweater for m.

This is the scarf I am knitting that will sell in a boutique in Atlanta.

It's made with grey baby alapaca wool, which is oh-so-soft. i tell myself that they do not harm the baby alpacas harvesting this fur. it's VERY trendy with fringe, faux fur, ribbon (never knit with ribbon-it has absolutely no give) and a fringey-ribbony-yarn. More fringe will be added at the end, and yes it's suppost to have those bits hanging out all over the place.

The following pictures are the promotional piece that the above scarf is formulated after. you can see that the original scarf had more of an intertwined look, rather than a segegated/striped look. You can also see the additional fringe that will be added to the sides. once again one picture for color and one for definition. hey, i'm working with a digital camera that should be retired!