The scarf had 11 pattern repeats, (plus
a few rows of repeat 12) and was 14.5 inches. 3 times that, (3 X
14.5) will yield a 43.5 inch long scarf. So I have some options.
While 43.5 is a smidgen smaller than I desire, it's so close, one
option is to just leave it at that, a half inch short of my desired
44 inches.
Should I decide to use a bit of skein
4, and bring the scarf up to a full 44 (or even 45) inches, it won't
take much-- leaving me with a 1 full and one 99% full skein to
something else with. Whether that something else will be something
striped or patterned—using up all the odd balls, or will be a head
band to match the scarf still has to be decided.
But what ever I decide, I am close to
being 1/3rd done! Since I hate knitting scarves--(they
are so boring!) its nice to have made this much progress in this
little time.
I am really very happy with stitch
pattern—I like it spread out, and flat, and scrunched up and
corrugated, too.
Since then, repeat
12 was finished, and 13 and, too, and the scarf is now 16 inches
long.
I finally got
around to looking up the yarn—Crystal Palace Yarn's Crème
–But what I have doesn't match up with the yarn in Ravelry's data
base. This yarn was put up in hanks, of 135 yards, (though most of
the skeins have been made into cakes) and this Crème
is 50/50 wool and silk, (not 60/40 wool and silk)--I suspect this
yarn is even older that the Ravelry entry (which is dated 2007!)
It's not a cheap yarn either—the labels (well some of the labels)
have $9.60 tags on them. This is the kind of yarn I usually look at,
and fantasize about, but can't afford to buy.
It is a joy to
have this yarn slip between my fingers. I hope my SIL likes it too.
