A Scarf for My Sister

This is a fan and feather pattern. The wool yarn is Andes yarn from Chile. This brand comes in variegated two color. I used this yarn in my sweater vest. I used size eight needles. The scarf took one and half skeins.

Cast on 29 stitches.
Row 1: K2, yarn forward, K 4 (K2tog) twice. K4. yarn forward. K1 yarn forward. K4 (K2tog) twice. K4, yarn forward. K2.
Row 2: K2. Purl to last 2 sticthes. K2.

Row 3: Knit

Rows 4-6 : Repeat rows 1-3
Repeat these six rows until the scarf is the desired length. End with rows 1 and 2. Bind off.

I also used this pattern repeated twice (cast on 58 stitches) using Lily Sugar'n Cream Cotton Yarn to make some handtowels. The towel in the middle and the one on the right are knit in this pattern. Each of these towels required two balls of Sugar'n Cream Cotton Yarn.


The towel on the left is in the same pattern stitch I used on my sweater vest - which is almost finished except for a neckband.

Multiple of 5 + 7

Row 1 : (WS) K3, sl1 wyif, (K4, sl 1 wyif) to last 3 stitches, end K3.

Row 2: (RS) Knit

Repeat rows 1 and 2.

I'm Knitting More than Scarves Now

I haven't been posting much recently because I've been busy knitting more complicated items. I'm almost finished with a ruana. The pattern came from a great book that helps you use up the yarns you have in your stash. It's called The Yarn Stash Workbook: Great Ideas And Dozens of Projects by Laura Militzer Bryant.

I finished this and actually got the sides sewn up and found that I hadn't measured accurately. So I have to add about three inches on one side. It will be gorgeous. I'll probably wear it as a coat in the early fall.

Pom-Poms and Ribbons for Cindy

Mary is modeling Cindy's birthday scarf (only ten days late!).

I used one ball of
Lion Brand(R) Incredible Yarn in the color "Copper Pennies" and two skeins of Patons Ci Ci Yarn - Carnival in the color "Carnival". I used size 13 circular needles.

I cast on 15 stitches in Ci-Ci yarn and knit two rows. Then I simply alternated yarns and did a knit stitch. The reason I used circular needles is that I was able to slip the knitting back and forth to start each row with a different yarn. If I had used straight needles I would have had to knit two rows in one yarn before I came back to the other yarn.

The Incredible Yarn is a ribbon tape yarn and a little bit tricky to knit with, but with a little practice I got it to lay flat and not get twisted.

Here's another little trick I learned. I took a sandwich sized Ziploc bag and cut a slit at the bottom big enough to slip the tape yarn through, put the ball of yarn in the bag and closed it. This kept the tape from twisting as it came off of the ball. I have also learned to use snack size Ziploc bags for intarsia knitting.