Sunday, April 29, 2007

Done and Blocking.

I finished something! About frakkin' time.

wetihs

My poor, long neglected grey Irish Hiking scarf. Seriously, when did I start this thing?? JULY of last year? What. The. Hell.

Anyway... it's done. It looks nice and is blocking away in front of my door.

ihs longblocking towel

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Saturday, April 28, 2007

Back on the go

I know I've been very quiet here for the past several months. That's because things have been off the wall here in my knitting and non-knitting life. I've finally gotten back to my Irish Hiking Scarf after a 5 month break. I won't be taking a break from it now (didn't want to in the first place). Things are going along great and I didn't even need the pattern to get going again. Pics will be getting posted soon.

All Done!


I really enjoyed this pattern. I used Eki Reva Casual 8 ply three balls and am very happy with the result.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

the warm (nicely cabled) fuzzies

Several people have mentioned that they hadn't done cables until they used this pattern, and the same is true for me. I found them not only easy but very enjoyable. I made the scarf as a Valentine's Day gift for my husband.



And now that I've been invited to post on Knit Chick's blog, I am drooling over all these fantastic variations...might be time for a trip to the yarn store!

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Second Scarf On The Go

Yep I've got my second scarf on the needles right now. I am doing it for the ISE4 swap. I couldnt get a pattern that I could do without problems so I went back to the Irish Hiking Scarf. I've kinda added my own twist to it and have 4 cables over 48sts.
I did take a better photo but saved it in the wrong format. When I finnish I will post a better photo.


Second Scarf On The Go

Yep I've got my second scarf on the needles right now. I am doing it for the ISE4 swap. I couldnt get a pattern that I could do without problems so I went back to the Irish Hiking Scarf. I've kinda added my own twist to it and have 4 cables over 48sts.
I did take a better photo but saved it in the wrong format. When I finnish I will post a better photo.


Second Scarf On The Go

Yep I've got my second scarf on the needles right now. I am doing it for the ISE4 swap. I couldnt get a pattern that I could do without problems so I went back to the Irish Hiking Scarf. I've kinda added my own twist to it and have 4 cables over 48sts.
I did take a better photo but saved it in the wrong format. When I finnish I will post a better photo.


Second Scarf On The Go

Yep I've got my second scarf on the needles right now. I am doing it for the ISE4 swap. I couldnt get a pattern that I could do without problems so I went back to the Irish Hiking Scarf. I've kinda added my own twist to it and have 4 cables over 48sts.
I did take a better photo but saved it in the wrong format. When I finnish I will post a better photo.


Second Scarf On The Go

Yep I've got my second scarf on the needles right now. I am doing it for the ISE4 swap. I couldnt get a pattern that I could do without problems so I went back to the Irish Hiking Scarf. I've kinda added my own twist to it and have 4 cables over 48sts.
I did take a better photo but saved it in the wrong format. When I finnish I will post a better photo.


Sunday, April 08, 2007

Hi from Australia


I stumbled upon this site while looking for a scarf to knit for ISE 4 (International Scarf Exchange) - one of the other participants (well probably more than one!) was a member. It looked so cool that I just had to try, even though I had never (successfully) managed cables before.

I am making the scarf using posmerino, a 80% merino wool/20% possum fur combination yarn from New Zealand, a lovely soft yarn.

This is one of those patterns that look a lot more complicated than they are in reality to do. It's also a fairly quick knit. I'm very happy with how it is turning out.

A warning for other knitters who have not knitted with cables before - this pattern eats up yarn; you'll need about 25% more than for a scarf knitted in a plain stitch. I'll be lucky to get a 55 inch long scarf out of the 350 yards of yarn.

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Modified Irish Hiking Scarf

Several months ago I went to a quilting and yarn shop that was going out of business. I purchased 3 skeins of Louisa Harding Kashmir Aran yarn (55% merino, 35% microfiber, 10% cashmere). I purchased it with a scarf in mind and when I accidently felted my old scarf, I knew I had to pull the yarn out and knit a new scarf. I really like the Irish Hiking Scarf pattern, but I knew that I did not have enough yarn to make a long scarf...so I made a slight modification. I inserted a keyhole into the pattern and made a short scarf. It worked out great and I get many compliments on it.