Twilight Scarf
November 17th, 2008 | Link
Time for a new naming convention! I’ve decided to name my pieces after whatever I’ve been listening to while working on them. So this is the Twilight scarf, because I made it entirely while listening (I’m embarrassed to admit) to that goofy teenage vampire romance in audiobook form.
Scarf is about 5-1/2″ wide by 72″ long; 64 ends on a 10 dpi reed.The yarn is Malabrigo Sock in Stonechat. This is my first time using Malabrigo, and I see now what the fuss is all about: this yarn is soft! And smooth! There’s no friction at all on the loom. I had to be careful not to mash it down—the last yarn I used was Alice Starmore Scottish Campion and it kept sticking to itself, so I’d gotten into the habit of beating hard, and the Malabrigo doesn’t require that kind of handling.
I think I’ve finished all my Christmas presents now!
i imagine that this feels soft like butter. i heart malabrigo.
Wow – you’re getting good at this weaving stuff! Twilight is LOVERLY! Whoever (whomever??) gets this gift is one lucky person!
(oh, and LOVE the naming convention. kind of sad that i didn’t think of that myself!)
It is soft like butter. Everyone at work said, “Ooh” when they saw it, and then “OOOH!” when they touched it.
Jane, if the “Listening to…” section of your blog is any indication, ALL of your projects would be called “Death Cab.”
Thank you, Sue! I’m still struggling a bit with selvedges but it’s coming.