Yarn Everywhere!

Okay, here are the last few things I’ve finished, finally. After this I can finally move on to talking about a couple exciting new things!

First, my vacation scarf! I usually start knitting scarves when I’m in a yarn store and don’t have access to any of my knitting things. When I went to Florida, I had to leave the sock I was working on behind because I was terrified that airport security would take my needles - they were my favorite set! So I was in Florida without knitting, and made the mistake of checking out the local knitting store. Ended up buying four skeins of Rowan Tapestry (only ended up using two for scarf) and a new set of needles. Managed to knit the entire scarf before I went home!

Pattern: That two-stripe scarf everyone’s been doing with Noro.

Yarn: Rowan Tapestry, 1 skein Antique (173) and 1 skein Moorland (175)

Needles: Lantern Moon US8 single-points

I loved the colors in the skein, but when I started knitting I was afraid I had made a terrible mistake. They’ve really grown on me, though, and now I love it again.

Next, a sweater that took way longer than it should have:

Pattern: Threepenny Pullover from Interweave Knits. Smallest size, 36″.

Yarn: Cascade 220 in Dark Plum, 5.5 skeins

Needles: Knit Picks Options circs in US7 and US6 for edgings.

This is, unfortunately, a case of a great sweater ruined by not-so-great finishing. See how the bottom is a little… wavy? That’s because when I sewed on the bottom edging, I didn’t do a very good job. I’m not sure how I could have done it any better, though. Plus this was a race-to-the-finish project. I wanted to get it done to give to my mother before coming back to school for the semester, and I got it done around 1AM the night before I left. There wasn’t time to redo anything.

Other than the bottom edging, I’m pretty happy with it. I was afraid it would look kind of cheap in plain wool (the yarn called for in the pattern is a beautiful, glossy wool/cashmere blend), but I think it looks fine, and it fits great. Overall a success.