So I've been taking lots of pictures of projects but they aren't coming out very well. This semi - decent photo is of an older FO - a couple months maybe. I got the recycled sari silk yarn about four years ago from my LYS with a gift certificate. I spent a good twenty minutes picking the skein with the color combo I liked best. Then the yarn sat in the stash waiting for just the right moment. The scarf is just garter stitch and knit on the bias. It didn't take long at all to knit and it was a joy to knit too. I would have thought the fuzziness would make it a pain but I was honestly sad when I was done. I ran into a snafu very near the end where suddenly the yarn was about half the thickness it had been before - so I doubled the yarn and it worked very well. Originally I was going to do a plain garter stitch but then hit upon the idea of the bias. I owe some credit to two patterns on knitty - one of a bag knit in recycled sari silk where it was knit on the bias and the famous clapotis for teaching me how to knit something on the bias. When it finally gets cold enough to wear a scarf again I hope to get lots of wear out of this.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Sari Scarf
So I've been taking lots of pictures of projects but they aren't coming out very well. This semi - decent photo is of an older FO - a couple months maybe. I got the recycled sari silk yarn about four years ago from my LYS with a gift certificate. I spent a good twenty minutes picking the skein with the color combo I liked best. Then the yarn sat in the stash waiting for just the right moment. The scarf is just garter stitch and knit on the bias. It didn't take long at all to knit and it was a joy to knit too. I would have thought the fuzziness would make it a pain but I was honestly sad when I was done. I ran into a snafu very near the end where suddenly the yarn was about half the thickness it had been before - so I doubled the yarn and it worked very well. Originally I was going to do a plain garter stitch but then hit upon the idea of the bias. I owe some credit to two patterns on knitty - one of a bag knit in recycled sari silk where it was knit on the bias and the famous clapotis for teaching me how to knit something on the bias. When it finally gets cold enough to wear a scarf again I hope to get lots of wear out of this.
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