Back to normal

Well almost.  The ground is still covered in snow and looks absolutely gorgeous with the sun shining on it, but the roads are melting and the snow plow finally made it out to our house late yesterday afternoon, so Jim went to work this morning.

I’ve been having fun knitting!  I didn’t end up starting the scarf pattern I’d purchased, as after knitting up a test swatch in my chosen yarn, I decided it was too thin and wasn’t going to look right.

Twenty years ago (at least) I purchased a three book set by Barbara G Walker, “Treasury of Knitting Patterns”.  I started flipping through them… surprisingly no moths came fluttering out… and on page 17 of volume two, there was a lovely pattern I thought would make a great scarf!

I made up a chart of it, using five repeats of the pattern:

And then I got to work on it!

  

This yarn, Cascade Yarns Eco Alpaca, says it’s worsted weight, but it feels much thinner to me. I’m using size 5 needles, and size 3 would probably be better.  I like the pattern, because it’s identical on both sides. There are 44 rows to make the pattern, so I only have one and a half repeats done.

But it’s time to finish the blue and green quilt that’s been neglected on the longarm, as I have a couple more waiting to go on it.  I can knit in the evenings!

Comments

[Susan Fields]

Those are great books to have for reference...... The scarf is going to be lovely..............