Bye Bye Tuscany

I've decided to frog the Tuscany Shawl (pattern from 'No Sheep for You'). Although the yarn is really seductive (Handmaiden Seasilk!), its striping effect and dark color really seems to overshadow the delicate lace pattern of the shawl. Anyways, I think a shawl named 'Tuscany' should be a joyous burst of color - so maybe I will use the red Malabrigo lace yarn instead. Last pic of the unfortunate shawl - bye, bye...

To make up for my disappointment (and also as a break from the tedious chart reading of the Cables & Lace Cardy), I cast on for this Entrelac Scarf. The pattern is free from Freckles & Purls, and I had the yarn ready bought for this - Paton's Soy Wool Stripes in 'Natural Earth' colorway. I had wanted to learn Entrelac for a long time now, but if A hadn't shown me hers, I don't think I would have the courage to start. Once I cast-on though, I was addicted and spent the whole of last night going 'just 1 more square'. See what you done, A?

I chose the yarn specially with a friend in mind, she's a real browns/naturals kinda gal and I thought this colorway is just so 'her'. But as I knit, I see more indigos / purples popping up in the yarn.. what's up with that? Argh.

How difficult is it to knit a scarf - conclusion

OK, we've decided to go with Option 2 - very smooshy, very fast, very red. I had my doubts when I first started, but as I knit along, I began to fall in love with the different tones of red.

As a side note, we may also exercise Option 1 .... we shall see.....

Rowan Tapestry Scarf + more scarves

I've been fiddling around with the camera set-up so don't yet have pics of my works-in-progress (WIPs) to show. At any rate I have not yet learnt how to take a decent wip photo...

This is a crochet granny square scarf done using Rowan Tapestry in Potpourri, the colors remind me of the crisp air & soft glow of autumn. Still about 1.5 balls of Tapestry left so I may use it for a pair of Fetching gloves..... so that I match when I travel & dont look so errrm 'touristy'? Actually why is it that whenever I go overseas I never look like the locals and always stick out like a sore thumb? Will matching scarfs & gloves help I wonder?



At any rate, this is what I'm currently going ga-ga over on Flickr :

Chevron Scarf in Koigu KPPPM (yes I know I'm slow getting on the bandwagon)
Rib Scarf in Noro (brooklyntweed does a killer combination)

Someday I will have a whole drawer supply of gorgeous koigu and noro scarves, all prettily done up, waiting for my next trip overseas. In the meantime I can only stare at websites like these and maybe they will reward me for staying so long at their site & give me some free yarn?

Yeah, rite.