winter blues

This was a Christmas present for my mom! (She's on the right ^.) It was a really fun scarf to make. I used what's called the "faggot stitch". After casting on a multiple of four + 2 stitches, knit 3 rows in garter stitch. During the third row, decrease by 2, so by the fourth row an even multiple of four stitches is left. Then, it's simply knit 1, yarn over, and knit 2 together, over and over and over and over...

The key for this scarf is to use a type of yarn that is easy for knitting two together. The first time I tried this pattern, I used a fuzzy, complicated sort of yarn, and the results were not as great as I'd hoped. This mixture of blue/brown/white is a nice and easy cotton blend -- thin enough to show the holes from the yarn-overs (great for lacy-like patterns).

Total time: 10 hours

(Special thanks to our model!)

<3 N