Norwegian Snowflake Scarf

[inchainz]

This took muchmuch longer than I thought it would (I started it just after the beginning of football season) but it's finally done!
The colorwork sections were very much worth the miles of stockinette.  I may do this one again.  More details on my Ravelry page; feel free to friend me either there or here!  :)

Comments

[bedlamsbard]

That's lovely! Making me think I should try my hand at colorwork again...

[inchainz]

Thanks!

It's really not as hard as it looks, just following the chart one row at a time. As soon as I quit trying to hold one color in each hand it just started flowing. I use one of those metal thimbles and pick both colors from my left hand. Just be really careful if you work on it in front of the TV. :)

[evilawyer]

Lovely. And long!

[inchainz]

Thanks!

The gal I made it for is about six feet tall & lives in Michigan, so she'll probably appreciate the length. :) The surprising part is I only used four balls of blue Palette - so not even close to six all together. The pattern calls for six skeins of the main color alone in sport-wt so I was expecting to use at least that much.

[evilawyer]

Congrats! First time I've ever heard of buying what the pattern called for and not using it all (or needing more).

[bedlamsbard]

The last time I tried colorwork, I figured out that it doesn't work that well (for me, at least) on DPNs; the time I did it before was on circs, for a slight variation on this bag. (Which I really need to finish -- the actual knitting is done, I just need to do all the finishing up work. Which has kept it from being an FO for, uh, two years now, almost three.)

[squirrelodoom]

wow! That's neat! :D and I added you as a friend on ravelry :)

[inchainz]

I do everything possible on two circs; can't stand DPNs either -- all those pointy ends . . . They're useful for finishing up the decreases on a hat, but otherwise, no thanks.

That's a cute bag. The finishing is always the hardest part for me too. This project could've been finished weeks ago if I just would've DONE it. :)

[inchainz]

Thanks. :)

Cool; added you back. I've been meaning to make that Cathedral purse. Aside from the needle breakage how did you like the pattern?

[bedlamsbard]

See, I actually don't mind DPNs -- my WIP right now is actually a pair of Nemesis (from Knitty) socks on DPNs -- as long as they're suitably pointy and so on, it just really didn't work out for me that well on the colorwork aspect. (It was a pair of Spillyjane mittens, I think.) I guess I should get around to teaching myself Magic Loop, eh?

It's that lovely moment when you're all, oh, the knitting's done...what do you mean I have a bit more to do? :)

[labellementeuse]

magic loop is magic, for reals. (Hello, hi, sorry, I am the Magic Loop Evangelist, I like to drop into people's conversations and be obnoxious, um.)

[labellementeuse]

Beautiful! I admire your fortitude with all that blue stocking stitch.

[inchainz]

Actually I use two circs, not magic loop. Haven't tried that yet since the two circ method works so wonderfully & is so portable. :)

[inchainz]

Thanks!

After a while I just brought it everywhere & it seemed to go pretty fast. It actually wasn't that bad, very relaxing to sit in front of the tv & work mindless stockinette ITR for a couple hours. :)

[squirrelodoom]

It turned out cute, I think. It was definately a good introduction to chartwork and lace. I also had to pay a little more attention to it rather then let the fingers work while watching Cadfael ;) but all in all it was pretty good.