An orphan scarf
Oct 13th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
Scrunchable ScarfYarn: Cascade 220 (100% Peruvian Highland Wool; worsted weight)Colorway: 9404Needles: US 7sStitches: 29Size: 4.25" wide, 72" longSundays have become good knitting days for me. I'm getting a lot done--about a base and a half on this scarf today, for instance--and salvaging some use from the time spent in presence of the TV watching my miserable NFL team.
This scarf has been made for the Red Scarf Project, so it will be packaged and on its way before long. I participated in this charity knitting last year and advance those so fain to whisk something up before this year's deadline arrives.The Cascade 220 wool knitted up thick and squishy without being too heavy. The scarf has enough weight to it to have it density, yet it feels fairly light. The formula looks sleek and, at least to my eyes, more complicated than it actually is.
I slipped the 1st stitch with the recital in back (if I hold that term straight) and plain the last stitch of each row. It doesn't give the same edges face on each side, but I made certain to hold it uniform when I saw this was the case. It even looks good, so I don't suppose anybody is loss to notice.
I choose to make narrower scarves. Most people end up folding wide ones in half anyway. Here you see me and my grizzled jawline taking the scarf for a test drive to establish this preference and reasoning. (For inquiring minds, it's a long weekend, and I'm lazy and haven't shaved for 3 days. The alarming number of premature gray showing up in my facial hair--I'm blaming it on days of acne creams--means I usually don't go unshaven for more than a day. Might as well add that to the premature hair loss too. But no, I'm not growing a beard, just looking scuzzy for the weekend.)
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