I cast on a scarf for my BFF Lisa last night. I'm using Crazyfoot from Mountain Colors Yarn, which is a nice sock yarn that comes in all the beautiful Mountain Colors colorways. I decided to work the scarf the long way, and to make it ruffle a bit from right to left. I'm also working in some open stitches, to give it a bit of lace without becoming frothy. These wonderful colorways lend themselves to simpler stitch work, as the really complicated stuff sometimes can get swallowed up in the highlights and shadows of the colors. (The color sample above isn't Crazyfoot, it's Moguls. FYI.)
At first I was going to make this yarn into the Romantic Ruffle Scarf from yesterday's post, but alas, I didn't like the yarn and pattern together. I wanted more of a vertical emphasis. So that scarf will still be made, in a solid fern green with a thin chocolate edge. This one will be something else entirely.
The only tricky part so far is laying hands on a really long size 6 circular needle. The longest I have is a 29", and after a few phone calls to shops and friends, I finally found a 40". A 48-54" scarf on a shorter needle is fine, but with subtle ruffles, one edge is going to be very long (like 1200 stitches or more. I started with 250, and it's already a little busy!) I hope they all fit!
I'm doing simple stitches, a slight ruffled effect, with a little openwork. Keeping it simple, I hope to avoid the colorway and the pattern competing for attention. In a perfect world, it will make one unified, attractive piece. I'll share pics as there is something to see, and the pattern when I'm finished tinkering with it. Anyone else using Mountain Colors right now?
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Knitpicks.com has interchangeable needles. They have a 60 inch cable that will go with their 6 inch needles available in wood,nickel or acrylic.
Thanks, Sharon. I'm borrowing a 40 inch Harmony needle from a dear friend to work on this. She got it from Knit Picks. Guess it's time to start the Christmas Wish List!
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