Spiral Scarf (Knitting Nature) Complete!
It is a good feeling when after a lousy week of not feeling well and feeling like you’re never going to get anything done, you have two finished objects. The first is a paper on the 1857 Indian Mutiny/Rebellion that I’ve been working on for over a year now; I finally have it in some shape to send to a writing workshop I’m part of. Next week my fellow workshoppers will gleefully tear it apart give me some precious feedback, and then I can hopefully send it off to a journal.
I have something else to exult over, my fresh-off-the-dpns Spiral Scarf from Knitting Nature. A much prettier sight than my paper, something I didn’t have to agonize over at all, and which has way more instant gratification! Too bad I can’t include it in my tenure file.
The multicoloured yarn is Koigu, and the darker blue is Claudia Handpainted; I’m still amazed at how beautifully these two blended together in this pattern. I decided to pair them on a whim, and I’m glad I did. This pattern is great for handpainted and variegated yarns, which mimic it, spiralling towards the centre. I can’t stop looking at it!
Pattern Notes:
Yarn used: About 160-65 yards each of Koigu and Claudia, just under a skein.
Gauge: 7 spi over 1×1 ribbing for the Koigu, and 7.5 spi for the Claudia.
Needles: size 5 circulars and dpns. I deliberately chose larger needles for the fingering yarns to make a drapier scarf, because some samples I saw of the scarf in my LYS and the first hexagon I made with both yarns held together made the hexagon rather like a discus waiting to be flung, than a soft scarf.
Modifications: Obviously, the two alternating colours. I also made the third hexagon in the pattern my first. Then I made 5 smaller hexagons on each side of this central hexagon, rather than just in one direction. Tecnically, this goes against the spiral logic of the scarf, but I didn’t want too tiny hexagons, and this made for a much more wearable overall size.
Here it is, all stacked up, like blueberry pancackes, just in time for spring. It’s the perfect weight for this weather we’ve been having where it’s too warm for a real jacket, but still quite chilly in the shade and in the evenings. I tried taking a decent picture of me wearing it, but this is the best I could do. Sorry it’s so blurry, but it gives you a sense of how the scarf looks actually worn.
Btw, thanks to all of you who sympathized with my Jaywalker and Odessa misery! I’ll have you all know I didn’t twist a single one of these hexagon cast-ons!
This is going to be the first of a lot of projects from this book…