by Myrna Stahman, from Stahman’s Shawls & Scarves.

Ravelry Project link
Yarn: Cascade 220 (1.5 skein)
Gauge: 4.5 st/in
Needles: Size 6 Addi Turbos
Length: 62 in
Width: 8.5 in

Husband:  6’4″ tall…long torso.

So, this was really a VERY enjoyable project.  The pattern is one that once you see how it’s made, you dont need to consult the chart again.  It made a very comfortable and enjoyable TV-viewing project.

These scarf patterns are really neat.  They begin with a provisional cast-on and then you knit it to the length you want and finish one side.  Then, you pick up the stitches from the provisional cast-on – knit the neck for the length you need it, and then knit the next side the same length as you made the first side.  Very slick.

So, since they’re kind of modular, you can adjust where you need the length and come up with a custom fit scarf.  You can see the neck part in the post below where I’d run out of yarn.

The skein of yarn that I got to finish it with – is very close in color – and with all the texture in the scarf, any difference in color just kind of looks like a shadow cast.

So, I’ll likely just leave it this color.  The dyepot continues to collect dust.

Well, almost.  I sort of ran out of yarn about halfway through the project.  I hate when that happens.  This one is called “Irling’s Half Diamond Seaman’s scarf,” and it is in Stahman’s Shawls and Scarves.  I’m making it from Cascade 220 – only one side will be from a different dye lot because I bought this yarn about a year ago and just now got around to using it…AND apparently it takes more than one skein to do a scarf.  I bought it to make felted clogs with – and it was the color that I only needed one skein for – however, I have since used the other yarn on other projects, so decided to use THIS color for a nice neutral kind of “latte” colored scarf.  So, anyway, it gave us an excuse to take a drive over to Sonora to my LYS to see if they had any left.  Of course not!  But, they ordered some for me, so now I get to go BACK again.  See how that works?

While we were there this trip, I picked up some fingering weight yarn to start some selbuvotter mittens with.  These will be for a child, so it’s a good thing I ended up buying an acrylic.  I’m actualy pretty impressed with acrylic these days – although it still feels kind of “crunchy” to me, and I much prefer knitting with wool.  But, most of the time when you give young moms things that will shrink – they end up shrunk – so acrylic has its place.

They’re carrying Dream In Color yarn now, along with some alpaca yarn that I swear I’d marry if I could, but we have to keep things on the cheap these days since we also like to eat – so I restrained myself.

This should keep me busy for a while.

Oh!  And, the cat ladies were at Starbucks this weekend, so I got to drop off the mice.  They were most appreciative, and I was really glad I caught them.