LEFT: Lokken kerchief, designed by Megi Burcl, no colorwork required
RIGHT: Lucky No. 7 cowl, designed by “SweaterFreak,” currently in testing
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Tag Archives: scarves
The latest distraction
Honestly, I would love nothing more than to knit sweaters. Piles and piles and piles and piles of sweaters. There’s just one small problem: attention deficit disorder. Besides which, the fundamental joy of knitting for me is that it’s the opposite of my day job, which is virtual and very, very drawn out. I like being able to make a physical thing in a short span of time. And that is why, dear friends, this sweater still has no sleeves. I’ve taken time away from it to do two other things — Nichole’s mitts and Mom’s kerchief — and last weekend all I wanted to do was make something for myself that I could start and finish within the space of the weekend. Et voilà, a perfectly simple garter-stitch triangle of my very own.
This one is Malabrigo Twist in Applewood, increased from 3 stitches to 108, on US15 needles.
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A silk kerchief for my mother
So this is the little kerchief I knitted my mom for Mother’s Day. She lives in the land of too much air conditioning, where it never hurts to have a little something to throw around your neck. And this is a pretty great little something.
I’m not gonna lie: there was a fleeting moment where I thought about keeping it. The yarn is Artfibers Casanova, which is two kinds of silk and a just touch of mohair. (Not enough to get up your nose.) I bought it back in October without any idea what I’d do with it, and this turned out to be perfect. It’s a little splitty, so the KFB’s were annoying to knit but, in the end, the fabric is magnificently soft and drapey, and the color is just exactly like the skin of an eggplant, with that subtle color variation and slight sheen.
Obviously this is just good ol’ garter stitch. (Oh, hey! I finally made a garter stitch scarf!) “Pattern” details: I cast on 3 stitches on a 35-inch US9 circular needle and did a KFB at the beginning of every row until it reached about 32 inches wide (136 stitches). That took 80 grams, about 215 yards.
And now I’m kicking myself. On a flight on the 1st of December (which I remember for reasons I won’t bore you with), I started a grey alpaca garter triangle for myself. I intended for it to be sort of gigantic and decided a few weeks ago, after it’d been sitting on the WIP shelf forever, that I didn’t think it was heavy enough for the size I wanted it to be. So I frogged it, with the intention of redoing it in a bulkier yarn. It never occurred to me to bind off where I was and have a sweet little kerchief like this.
Anyway, I hope she likes it! Mom, I hope you like it!
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Keep this to yourself, please
I’m knitting up a simple little something for my mama, inspired by these lovely Breaking the Wool triangle scarves. Don’t tell her and ruin the surprise.
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New favorites: Micaela Greg colorwork scarves
These beauties — and really the whole Fall ’12 collection from Micaela Greg — make me want to learn how to do colorwork. But I’m so smitten I might have to fork over the funds for that “Big Square Poncho” scarf (right) in the meantime.
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(via Refinery 29)
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Martha McQuade is killing me
Martha McQuade, of the drool-inducing Scarfshop, has taken up weaving. I have been trying to keep my loom yearning at a low simmer on the back burner and that photo is not helping.
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