Red Herring Scarf
January 2nd, 2007 | View Comments
Pattern: My own, download it for free here!
Yarn: Rowan Cashsoft DK, #521, 4 skeins
Needles: Addi Turbos, US6 (4mm)
I really, really, really like the finished scarf. The pattern has the slightest bit of texture to it, and it produces an pseudo-illusion effect when you look at it from different angles. At some angles the pattern shows up as a zigzag; at some angles you see vertical stripes. The effect is subtle, elegant, and looks good dressed-up or dressed-down.
My one complaint is the amount of curl in the finished scarf; the moss-stitch border didn’t do as much as I hoped it would to stop that from happening—seed stitch might have been a better choice.
The current line of Rowan Cashsoft DK is 40% microfibre (it used to be 30%), which lends a nice sheen and more durability to the finished fabric—it is both machine-washable and ironable—but makes it that much harder to block the curl out of it.
Regular ol’ wet-blocking with pins and towels wasn’t enough, so I did something that would make many knitters gasp and took an iron to it on medium-high heat (oh, me and my abuse of good yarn). It took a bit of the loft out of the yarn, but otherwise nothing bad happened, and it did a better job of beating it into submission, although there is still a tendency to curl that increases with wear.
Did I mention that I really, really like the pattern? I may have to make another one at some point. But not right now, I have big knitting plans! More on that later…
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CogKnition posted this on January 2nd, 2007 @ 3:35pm in Finished Objects, Scarves & Wraps | Permalink to "Red Herring Scarf"
cogknition
Ohhh that is stunning! Thank you for the pattern!!
Nice! I just downloaded and printed out your Archernar scarf. Love them both! Thank you so much!
That is beatiful–looks almost woven!
That is lovely!
Wow, very professional looking!
Thank you for the lovely pattern. I think I will try it in alpaca.
Happy New Year!
So subtle! Gorgeous! Right ON!
Glad you like the pattern, everyone!
A fellow knitter found an error in it; please download a corrected version here.
Sorry about that!