After picking up the Spring ’09 Interweave Knits, I was so excited to find a project for some yarn that has been sitting patiently in its Rubbermaid container just waiting for the perfect pattern.
Leave it to Eunny Jang to come up with a gorgeous slip-stitch scarf in cotton! Her pattern called for Tahki Cotton Classic, but I had the perfect substitute. Last year, I stocked up on Classic Elite Premiere when it was on sale at The Yarn Haven. I love this 50-50 pima cotton/tencel blend – soft and drapey and really nice to knit with.
The colors I purchased weren’t exactly *my* colors, but they are really pretty – and I love how they look together.
The purl rows add such a nice texture.
There are really long floats on the wrong side of the scarf.
It took a while to get the hang of getting them nice and even. I think they’ll make the back of the scarf look really pretty in its finished form.
This pattern is so much more fun than I’d thought it would be. Anything that begins with casting on 400 stitches using the knit on method leaves me skeptical, but this is quick and fun and the pattern is very easily memorized.
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This is beautiful! Wow – it looks so complicated, but from the way you described it, it sounds so simple… Hmm… I might have to queue it up.
beautiful colors indeed and thank you for showing the back of the project!
i am debating about whether to do this project or not.
do you find that the edges of the scarf tend to roll, or does the scarf lie flat and hence only show the “right” side?
Thanks. I am really unsure whether the final scarf will have roll-y edges. I cast on and knit the first 5 rows with a size 7 needle, then I switched to a size 6. I hoped this would help with the rolling. I’ve used this yarn before for the Chrysanthemum Tea Shawl and it blocked really nicely. Just in case, I am making a real effort to make the back look as okay as possible. Hope this helps.
Hi Lisa,
Did you cut each color as you progressed on to each row? Your back looks much nicer than I had imagined using so many different colors. I am eyeing the project, but just don’t like carried yarn on the back.
The back is turning out better than I’d expected – pleasant surprise, really. I think the carried yarn is actually kind of pretty (and I’m hoping it won’t be too snaggy). I’m not sure how familiar you are with this pattern, but you work the scarf in the round. When you are finished, you cut at the beginning and unravel a few inches of non-pattern knitting on each end and tie these to make fringe. This way, there is no purling and it doesn’t much matter what you do with your ends (they won’t have to be woven in or anything at the end – yay!). Hope this answers your question.
Thanks Lisa, I am still trying to wrap my head around it. I’ll have to play around with it before it sinks in.
I like to see someone who has as many projects as me in process…..
thank you, thank you. love the pics!! where did you get a long enough circular needles? I have found 36 inch but not 40 inch. I guess I will have to send away for them.
I think I’m using my KnitPicks Options for these – I bought the longer cords for them.
You should be able to squeeze this onto a 36 inch needle though. Good luck
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