Completed: Fair Isle Double Knit Scarf
why is it that I procrastinate finishing projects?
Way back in March I started a Fair Isle Double Knit Scarf that I was making for a friend of mine. As I said before, I was kind of stumped when trying to create a "boy" scarf -- I wanted it to be warm, and pretty, but not frilly and certainly not "foo foo"... and because I'd be the one spending hours making the thing...I wanted it to be fun to make, too. The ever-changing fair isle pattern was a great way to keep it interesting and to get my brain involved in the knitting process.
My goal as I was making the scarf was to not repeat patterns, and to not sketch out any of the patterns by hand. Instead I wanted to picture the pattern in my head and knit it directly. I was able to do that on all of the patterns except the houndstooth-type pattern that you see on the right side of the scarf -- between the two square blocks and the big diamond. For whatever reason I couldn't picture how to do that one in my head (I also included a chart for the houndstooth pattern that I used on the right). Ya know.... I don't even know if "houndstooth" is the right description for that pattern.... oh well, thats waht I'm calling it :).
I finished the main work fo the scarf a few weeks after I started it, but I never bound it off because I wanted to make sure it was long enough. Then, just so I could procrastinate longer.... Dave moved to Puerto Rico, and he certainly didn't need a scarf down there -- so there was no rush to finish. But, then he came back... So, I sucked it up and actually finished one of my UFO's (that'd be "UnFinished Object" in knit-geek-speak). I'm really happy with how it turned out. There's a couple small mistakes here and there, that I'm sure only I will notice. But overall, I think its a great scarf. Hopefully it keeps him nice and warm.
- pattern & materials: listed on my original entry
- finished size: 5 inches x 63 inches
