i like lemons

Simple, basic techniques that result in a beautiful, impressive-looking payoff. That’s how I would describe the Gathered Scarf pattern by Maryse.

Instead of starting and finishing with the frilled stockinette ends, I chose to start with the garter stitch rows, so the edges would be straight in case I opt to add fringe later. Cast on 20 sts with US sz 7s, followed the instructions for the garter rows, then increased to 40 sts with US sz 10.5s and followed the instructions for the stockinette rows.

The scarf measures 4 inches wide by 60 inches long and used 1.3 skeins (skein=100gr/220 yd) of Knit Picks Peruvian Highland (worsted weight). The scarf grew quickly, due to the stockinette sections being knit on the larger 10.5s and the needle-switching kept things from getting too monotonous. I’m not usually a fan of scarves that aren’t reversible, but the reverse side isn’t bad at all (it’s the left “tail” in the picture).

Now the question is to dye or not to dye? I’m not sure yet. I don’t have a particular color in mind at the moment.

Spring is here, as my red, itchy, teary, swollen eyes and sneeze attacks can attest to. We are starting to have near 70F degree days about once a week. With all the rain this year, the trees and weeds are spewing forth pollen like crazy. My black car is now a sickly yellow color.

Dyed some hanks of yarn last week and was able to ball them up over the weekend. Pictures and thoughts in a blog post this weekend. Overall I’m happy with the results, but I do feel as if I need to branch out into other colors, maybe earthy greens and browns.

I’m using undyed Knit Picks yarn to make Maryse’s Gathered Scarf. Might try dying it once it’s done, but I kind of like the natural color too. Ah! I just noticed that my wip picture has the inverse color scheme as Maryse’s :).

Wavering on the purchase of a DSLR. I had thought I was pretty set on the Canon Digital Rebel Xti. Now I am considering the Olympus Evolt E510. Buying any camera seems like an extravagance for me.

Living on a busy street has its moments of excitement. The other week a car crashed into an apartment building across the street. The car flipped, but it appeared no one was seriously hurt. Remember people, shiny side up!

All I want to do is sleep, sleep, sleep.