I knit up yet another scarf, this time a gift to my sister-in-law for her birthday. The colors are so perfect for her. She's wears a lot of soft pastels (as you can see by her yellow sweater in the above photo) and she also loves jewel colors. This yarn was just perfect for her.
I had so much trouble with the edges curling up...this has never happened to me before. No amount of blocking would help to set it straight. I have to wonder if it's the yarn blend that is the cause of this. Who knows. Anyway, I decided to crochet a little edge all the way around the scarf which did the trick to flatten down the sides so they didn't completely roll up. (Before and after below)
I'm so happy she loved it.
Details:
snowflake scarf -free pattern at The Purl Bee
I used two skeins of Boutique Treasure wool/acrylic yarn in colorway Abstract
I used needle size US#10 and cast on 26 stitches, knitting until I used up almost all the yarn saving enough to crochet an edge around
It was such a lovely pattern to knit and reminded me just a little of knitting the star stitch which I used used to make this scarf.
No more scarves for now as I'm still working on Julen's leg warmers!
