This past week I purchased some fun Malabrigo Merino Wool.
I wound my gorgeous pile of wool into the cutest cakes (I love cakes of yarn!).
This was all in preparation to go to the 2008 Knit Out at the Mall of America. I needed a portable project and decided I would make up My So Called Scarf. I cast on Friday night so I could learn the pattern and be prepared for our adventure on Saturday. I love the herringbone pattern, but didn’t realize that it is a one-sided stitch pattern. I prefer reversible scarves, so ripped it out and started your basic diagonal garter stitch scarf. If I would have been thinking I would have photographed both of these, but since I was not really focused on blogging this little part of my adventure you will have to use your imagination.
I set out with 2 good friends Saturday morning for our Knit Out! We were all very excited…had our projects and one of us (not me) was all set for the speed knitting competition at 2 PM. Other than that we were just open to whatever we saw….which as we came to find out was not much. There were several booths setup, but people seemed to be there more for the free giveaways (which were really unimpressive and I usually heart free things!) rather than new information, new projects, or new fibers. The only fibers that were represented were rather low end and the lines to get to those were unbelievable!!! I will confess we did not sit in on any of the clinics which might have made the day salvageable, but honestly the noise level and atmosphere of the venue was not condusive to learning new techniques in a clinic. We did sit and knit for about an hour (I think this was officially my first knitting in public experience) and had several nice people stop with comments about our knitting. It is an activity that seems to bring out the good in people. They have either done it themselves, or had a loved one that did so you have just brought back good memories for them. We had gotten there a little before 10 AM and left by noon (a little over an hour of that was spent on a bench knitting)….we decided it was not worth it to stay for the speed knitting competition.
Since we hadn’t really gotten our knitting need filled, we set out to find Bella Lana. I had found it a couple of weeks ago and drove around the block(s) for about 20 minutes trying to find a parking spot and finally left (realized afterwards that there was a convention which was messing up parking). Bella Lana is beautiful! And the yarn is equally as beautiful! I bought some gorgeous silk to make a shawl….I can’t wait!
I got home yesterday afternoon and decided that my diagonal garter stitch scarf looked more like an oversized pot holder….so ripped it out! Obviously I didn’t need a portable project any longer and should have went back to working on my sweater…..but I was obsessed! I did a little bit of searching on Ravelry and didn’t find anything that I felt was the perfect match for the yarn. I finally decided to do another Vintage Velvet Scarf….this one will be for me. I tapered the end because I am planning big ol’ pom poms! I do really like the way this is coming out…it has a more casual feel than the one (or two) that I made out of the Touch Me.
I just can’t seem to stop with the cables! 🙂
The colour of this yarn is superb. The scarf looks great!
I loved your other vintage scarves, but this is the prettiest one yet!