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Friday, September 16, 2011

Dropped Stitch Scarf


Last night I finished up the Easy Drop Stitch Scarf Pattern by Christine Vogel.  Above I have the scarf pictured with some lilies Mr. SpiderKate surprised me with the other day.  I can count on one hand the number of times Mr. SpiderKate has gotten me flowers and since he does it rarely, it makes it all that more special when he does.  This week marked the 6 year anniversary of when we met/started dating and thus the flowers.  On to the scarf details!  I started this scarf at the end of June while visiting my parents in MD.  My mom presented me with this variegated yarn and I went to work almost immediately to find the perfect pattern.  I came across the Easy Drop Stitch Scarf pattern and I was sold! 


The yarn is Claudia Hand Painted Yarns Worsted 55 (55% silk 45% merino wool) in colorway Sharks.  I ended up naming my project Swimming Sharks! on ravelry due to the name of the colorway and that the pattern reminded me of the ocean.  Later on I stumbled across this stitch pattern in one of my stitch pattern books and it was called "seafoam" so my instinct of it reminding me of the ocean was spot on!  This pattern was fun and easy - another reason why I picked it.  It even inspired a knitter friend to knit one herself!  Since I'm often inspired by other knitters to knit certain projects, it's really neat that I too can inspire others to knit what I'm knitting.  The unblocked measurements are 59.5" long by 5.75" wide.  I ended up using 156 grams of yarn which comes out to ~262 yards.  Really loving the look of the scarf and I'm pretty sure I'll get good use of it (well if the temperature every goes below 90!).

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