Katydid Knits

Ok, Muench Touch Me is officially the most amazingly soft (non-cashmere) yarn I have ever felt. I finished my re-working of the Vintage Velvet scarf from Scarf Style last night, and I am in love. I am sitting here at the computer in my pj’s, with the scarf around my neck. As soon as there is another human being in the house, I’ll get pictures (No, I will not still be in my pj’s at that point). And once I put it through the washer and dryer, I’ll be darned if it didn’t end up looking like crushed velvet, just like everyone says it will! See:
I picked up this yarn as part of the Birthday Yarn Extravaganza. I had wanted to make the Vintage Velvet scarf, but I just could not bring myself to buy 5 balls of the yarn. So, I bought 3. I figured I’d come up with something. I started making the scarf according to the pattern, figuring that if 5 balls equals a 5′ long scarf, 3 balls should equal a 3′ long scarf. As I started on ball #3, I realized that it was going to be shorter than 3′, and that just wasn’t going to work for me. So I frogged the entire thing, and reworked the pattern. The original pattern is two 8-stitch panels of broken rib stitch flanking a 12-stitch cable done in 1×1 ribbing, which is a brilliant idea, because it looks like a 6-stitch cable from either side. I cut the broken rib sections down to 6 stitches each, and made the cable only 8 stitches wide. I also crossed the cables every 8 rows instead of every 12. So, the finished scarf ended up about 4-1/2 inches wide and 5′ long. The perfect length for double-it-over-and-pull-the-ends-through-the-fold wearing.

Now, I’m off to clean up thie kitchen, and decide what new project to cast on now that my scarf is finished. What do you mean I have 5 WIPs already waiting? A girl needs choices, people!

Posted on October 13th, 2005 • Tags: FOs, Knitting. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed