It doesn’t always have to be green

21 Fri Oct 2016

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gift, laceweight, merino, Ozifarmer's market, scarf, shawls, silk, yarn

I recently finished a scarf for Older Soknitsome Daughter. We’d spent a cosy hour together last year browsing my yarn stash on Ravelry. I have a few skeins of green yarn, partly chosen with my daughter in mind. It is her favourite colour and featured along with gold at her wedding earlier this year. You can imagine my surprise then when she picked out this lovely silvery grey and pink yarn from Ozifarmer’s Market. Her accompanying words were “It doesn’t always have to be green”. ball of grey and pink yarn

The pattern is Dangling Conversation by Mindy Ross which can be knitted in various weights. The pattern suggests placing the eyelet rows at the colour changes of gradient yarn but the changes in this yarn were so subtle that I just did the eyelet rows where I thought looked about right.

I really enjoyed knitting this. Yes, it is 800m of fine stocking stitch but the yarn is made up of 80% merino and 20% silk and it’s light and soft and was a real pleasure to knit with. grey and pink triangular scarf

The same but different

18 Fri Apr 2014

Posted by soknitsome in Yarn

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gift, knitting, loop, mohair, Pattern, Ravelry, scarf, silk, Wisp

dark blue lace scarf

Ta dah… This is Wisp. Again. Number Four. They’ve all been presents for other people. The first one I made was actually a scarf. The rest have been shorter and turned into loops. Sometimes simple is best. Particularly, when knitting with such yarn that is a lovely combination of mohair and silk. This one, Starry Starry Night was made for my aunt for our birthday. Wisp loops are excellent for gifts you need to send by post. Light and lovely.

dark blue lace scarf