My latest creation

handspun scarf

After making all those gift scarves for Christmas, it was time to make myself one! I designed this reversible mini-cabled scarf and knit it from a single skein of a gorgeous alpaca-mohair-polwarth handspun I bought from one of the members of the K-W Knitters' Guild, Tabi Ferguson. (I can't believe I bought a blend with mohair in it. It is a bit itchy -- I think I have a mohair sensitivity -- but it was just too pretty to resist. I'll wear it outside my coat.) You should click on the picture and once you're in Flickr click on "all sizes" then look at the "large" version so you can see the subtle colourplay of brown, blue, and purple up close in this beautiful, beautiful yarn. Check out Tabi's link to view more lovelies too. Next time I knit a mini-cabled scarf, however, I will use an edge stitch or two, as one edge came out a bit lumpy and unpretty. Note the yarn tail I haven't woven in yet, escaped from its hiding spot. I'm very pleased with this little scarf, which will match beautifully with one of my jackets.

However, I got an even more fabulous scarf today as a gift from my knittyboard SP8 secret pal, which I shall photograph by daylight and post tomorrow!

October 4, 2007: ETA pattern!

Lisa's Reversible Mini Cables Scarf

Gauge: unimportant

Materials: yarn of your choice and appropriate needles for yarn weight; I used a light worsted and probably 4.5 mm needles (can't remember for sure now) -- a fairly smooth yarn with reasonably good stitch definition will be your best bet (very fuzzy yarns or busy/heavily contrasty variegated colourways will obscure the pattern... long repeat self-striping yarns such as Noro would be lovely, though)

Recipe:

Cast on desired number of sts (multiple of 4, +2) to reach desired width: Looks like I used 34 sts

Row 1 & 3: *K2, P2* repeat until last 2 sts, K2

Row 2: *P2, K2* repeat until last 2 sts, P2

Row 4: *P 2nd st on left needle without dropping st, then P 1st st and transfer both sts to right needle, K 2nd st on left needle tbl without dropping st, then K 1st st and transfer both sts to right ndl* repeat until last 2 sts, P 2nd st on left needle without dropping st, then P 1st st and transfer both sts to right needle

Cont in this manner until scarf is desired length or you run out of yarn, ending on row 3. BO all sts in pattern.

Note: slipping the first stitch of every row would probably give a nicer selvedge.