Begun Sunday, March 5, 2006, and completed Sunday, March 26, 2006. The intended recipient is my former mother-in-law. It will be this year's Christmas gift.
Yarn: Hand painted 100% merino wool in various shades of mauve from Kindred Spirit Yarn, fingering weight, approximately 440 yards
Needles: Size 7 US
Gauge: Don't know, don't care
Size: Don't know, still can't find my measuring tape
Pattern: If I give an instruction that is incomprehensible, post a comment and I'll try to clear things up.
k# - knit specified number of stitches
p# - purl specified number of stitches
sl2tog - slip two stitches simultaneously as if to knit
p2sso - pass the two slipped stitches over
yo - yarn over
ssk - slip two stitches individually as if to knit then knit the two together thru the back loop
k2tog - knit two together
NOTE: The pattern is worked over 10 + 6 stitches (the 10 stitch repeat is worked twice) plus 5 stitches on each end for the garter stitch edges for a total of 36 stitches across. The scarf begins and ends with 10 rows of garter stitch. Listed below are the pattern stitches only. The garter stitch edges are not included.
Row 1: k1, yo, k3, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, k2tog
Row 2: p
Row 3: k2, yo, k2, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, k2tog
Row 4: p
Row 5: k3, yo, k1, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k1, yo, k5, yo, k1, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k1, yo, k5, yo, k1, k2tog
Row 6: p
Row 7: k4, yo, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, yo, k7, yo, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, yo, k7, yo, k2tog
Row 8: p
Row 9: ssk, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k3, yo, k1
Row 10: p
Row 11: ssk, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k2, yo, k2
Row 12: p
Row 13: ssk, k1, yo, k5, yo, k1, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k1, yo, k5, yo, k1, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, k1, yo, k3
Row 14: p
Row 15: ssk, yo, k7, yo, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, yo, k7, yo, sl2tog, k1, p2sso, yo, k4
Row 16: p
Note: I still have to weave in the ends and block it. The garter stitch rib tends to curl under.
5 comments:
Gorgeous, as always!
Thanks!
I've got a third scarf started.
beauteous!
i'm still trying to learn to knit, and boy do i suck something fierce! i've mastered (heh) the knit and the purl, though i'm agonizingly slow and keep almost (or occasionally actually) dropping stitches. i'm still being a coward about trying slipping stitches, yarning over, increasing, decreasing, and all that jazz. i guess i ought to do what i did with crochet and just dive on in. it'll be hideous, but (hopefully) it will get better with time. or something.
i noticed in your pictures that you seem to have a spool of thread on one of your needles - is this an aid to help you determine whether you're on an odd/even row? just curious...
and your stash - though huge - is lovely. and your work, as always, is beautiful.
The only way to do it is to dig in. Knitting is actually much easier than it looks. Just get yourself a skein of practice yarn and practice the various stitches. Or, if you live is a metropolitan enough area, check to see if there are any fiber shops who offer lessons or knitting groups you could join. You might even ask around where you work. You might find another knitter who'd love to help you.
Oh, I forgot . . . I don't usually mark the rows with thread. I'm not sure if you're talking about my little stitch counter that I'm using for one of my projects which has as 40-something row pattern or if you're talking about the little rings I use as markers to separate the edge stitches from the pattern stitches so I don't have to worry about counting on a row.
Either way, both come in very handy.
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