Tuesday, January 3, 2012

WIP: California Roll Scarf

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A couple of weeks ago, my mom and I went out to Churchmouse Yarns and Teas on Bainbridge Island for the day.  I had seen this yarn, called Freia Flux Lace in the colorway Dartmoor, the last time I was at the shop during the summer, but had no idea what to do with it.  It happens that my mom recently cast on a scarf out of a handpainted silk laceweight using a basic 1-row pattern, and it looked great.  I was itching to make one of my own out of a colorful yarn, and this little ball seemed perfect!

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Sometimes I have yarn that doesn't get photographed before I cast on.  It never even makes it into the stash because it knows what it wants to be and practically jumps onto the needles.

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It's been really fun to watch the colors change.  I think this scarf will really benefit from a firm blocking, and I have a feeling that it will be ethereally light and beautiful when it's finished.  It reminds me of something you might see at Anthropologie, and it rolls up into a ball that looks very much like a sushi roll.

And in case anyone's interested, the pattern is as follows:

1-Row Lace Scarf
Using long-tail cast-on, CO 40 stitches.
*k2, yo, k2tog* across row.
Repeat this row on both RS and WS until scarf reaches desired length.
BO.
Block the sucker.
FIN

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