Lace Ribbon Scarf (Ode to Ravelry)
January 12th, 2010 | Link
I’ve told many knitters this: if you knit, you should get on Ravelry. It’s not Facebook for knitters, it’s an invaluable resource of yarns, patterns and tips. Take, for example, the above scarf.
I purchased one skein each of Malabrigo Sock in Solis and Stonechat from Imagiknit. I knew already that I wanted to remake the Twilight Scarf I gave my sister two Christmases ago for myself from the Stonechat. And I’m sure the Solis would also be beautiful woven up, but I wanted a small knitting project. So I turned to the yarn search on Ravelry and searched for Malabrigo Sock, then searched within the results for Solis, just to see what other people had knit. There were quite a few results, but I didn’t want to knit socks and I only had one skein, so the Lace Ribbon Scarf particularly attracted me, even though the pattern hadn’t grabbed my attention when it came out on Knitty. (For those readers who already have Ravelry accounts, the pieces that caught my attention in particular were this and this. ) I love being able to see how a particular yarn will work for a project, and Ravelry is the best for that.
And then I knitted it, and then it sat around for a month waiting for the (two) ends to be sewn in and to be blocked. Which I did on the weekend, yay! Finished project #2.
Is Malabrigo Sock as soft and lovely as Malabrigo Worsted? Last time I was in my LYS, the girl working there told me there was a shortage of Malabrigo Sock and that it was on extreme backorder!
I haven’t worked with the Malabrigo Worsted (for comparison), but it’s really soft. When I was weaving with it, it was like buttah. And it isn’t scratchy at all to wear.
I bought it a couple months before Christmas because Imagiknit had it in stock and I remembered how hard it was to find online in general (especially around that time) – very few colorways seemed to be available through the usual channels. Imagiknit’s online store has a little stock left, but same story: here’s the link.