Back at the start of the year I made a resolution. I made up a dozen bags of single skeins and useable oddments of yarn, and I vowed to use at least half of them before the end of the year.
I’m halfway to my target now!
The Yarn
I bought two skeins of Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Merino in a sale quite some time ago: two lovely, and very similar colourways – Peacock and Spanish Moss. I knitted them together, to make a shawl. It was lovely, but I never wore it. And so I unripped it so that I could make something else, something that I would wear, winding the two strands together.
The Pattern
The length, the weight and the colourway all said scarf to me. It took some time to settle on a pattern: there doesn’t seem to be a lot out there to suit a smooth, high twist, gently variagated yarn.
In the end I settled on a slightly modified version of Misty Garden by Jo Sharp, a vintage Interweave pattern from z. I just changed the increases from ‘yarn over’ to ‘knit front and back’. The pattern was written for a very different yarn (with mohair) but with just one simple change it worked very well with what I had.
It was easy, undemanding knitting – just a four row repeat, on and on until all of the yarn was gone
The Result
Approximately 5 feet of scarf!
It’ s quite squishy at the moment, and I’ve wondered if I should block it to make something smoother and sleeker, but I probably won’t. I’ve tried stretching it a little, but widthways the waves flatten out and the pattern is lost, and lengthways the waves look lovely but the colours appear pooled.
And I like it is!
And – even better – my mother liked it! She was so much brighter today, sitting up with the other ladies in the lounge and taking more of an interest in things than she has for weeks. It may not last, but I’m going to appreciate her being so much more herself for as long as she is.
This particular scarf was going to be a present, but as I did’t have a recipient in mind, and as I rather like it, I’m going to hold on to it.
I’m not a shawl person, but I am a scarf person!
Coming next
I have two hats in progress. One I love and one I’m less sure about …..
Fleur in her World 
This is so pretty, Jane. I do like a good long scarf.
I have been looking at all the dribs and drabs of left over sock yarn, wondering what to do with it. *sigh*
Beautiful scarf Jane! And I’m so glad your mother is having a good phase just now.
Beautiful! You are doing far better with your yarn. I’m still making the baby blanket I started when I was pregnant with Persy Jane. Little lady is 15 months old now. LOL.
The colours are gorgeous. Being in Australia I’m partial to a bit of merino. You’ll be toasty warm in it. (Well maybe not for summer.)
It’s a beautiful and cheerful.
So pretty! I love the colors and the chunkiness. I stalled with my knitting. I think I need to take some classes at a yarn store here in town because I get too frustrated doing it on my own! I love seeing your projects – they inspire me.
Love the yarn and your pattern!