scarves

my not-MIL asked me to knit her a scarf in pink, powder blue &
yellow. these are *so* not colors i enjoy, plus the yarn is
Baby Homespun &/or Patons Be Mine shudder. it's supposed to
be predominately blue with smallish stripes of pink & yellow.
so, i've started this scarf 9 times so far & i'm just hating
it. i can't do it in garter or stockinette. i'm going batty
from boredom.
are there any texture or lace patterns that also look good
with stripes that i can use, say, size 10 or larger (American)
needles so i can get this damned thing *out* of my 'to do'
basket? i'm forcing myself not to knit interesting stuff until
i finish this thing (or i won't. that's bad for relationsg).
would stockinette with short row loose points look ok? that
might be interesting to knit... blue background with flappy
points in pink & yellow...hmmmm
lee
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Question with boldness even the existence of god; because if
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fear. - Thomas Jefferson

enigma wrote:
my not-MIL asked me to knit her a scarf in pink, powder blue &
yellow. these are *so* not colors i enjoy, plus the yarn is
Baby Homespun &/or Patons Be Mine shudder. it's supposed to
be predominately blue with smallish stripes of pink & yellow.
so, i've started this scarf 9 times so far & i'm just hating
it. i can't do it in garter or stockinette. i'm going batty
from boredom.
are there any texture or lace patterns that also look good
with stripes that i can use, say, size 10 or larger (American)
needles so i can get this damned thing *out* of my 'to do'
basket? i'm forcing myself not to knit interesting stuff until
i finish this thing (or i won't. that's bad for relationsg).
would stockinette with short row loose points look ok? that
might be interesting to knit... blue background with flappy
points in pink & yellow...hmmmm
lee


You could try Feather and Fan or Old Shale, in fact, any lace or eyelet
pattern with about a four or six row repeat.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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you could make a Fair Isle pattern--but probably not with big needles.
I bet there are lots of lace patterns that would work. Have you got
something like Barbara Walker's Treasury of Stitch patterns that you could
look in?

Georgia

"enigma" wrote in message
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my not-MIL asked me to knit her a scarf in pink, powder blue &
yellow. these are *so* not colors i enjoy, plus the yarn is
Baby Homespun &/or Patons Be Mine shudder. it's supposed to
be predominately blue with smallish stripes of pink & yellow.
so, i've started this scarf 9 times so far & i'm just hating
it. i can't do it in garter or stockinette. i'm going batty
from boredom.
are there any texture or lace patterns that also look good
with stripes that i can use, say, size 10 or larger (American)
needles so i can get this damned thing *out* of my 'to do'
basket? i'm forcing myself not to knit interesting stuff until
i finish this thing (or i won't. that's bad for relationsg).
would stockinette with short row loose points look ok? that
might be interesting to knit... blue background with flappy
points in pink & yellow...hmmmm
lee
--
Question with boldness even the existence of god; because if
there be
one, he must more approve the homage of reason than that of
blindfolded
fear. - Thomas Jefferson

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:17:00 -0500, "Georgia"
I've found a very nice, easy, kind of lacy-look, reversible stitch for
scarves on the net. (It's also in Barbara Walker.) It's called
Turkish Stitch. I used size 8 needles with worsted weight yarn. With
the Homespun you might want to try 9 or 10.

Cast on an even number of stitches.

row 1 - knit across, purl last stitch
row 2 - slip 1, *yo, k2tog*, repeat from *, purl 1
repeat row 2 till the end, then one row 1, bind off.

There's a picture at this website, partway down the page:
http://www.fuzzygalore.biz/patterns/reversible.shtml

Alison

Interesting! I've done Seafoam and Twin Rib, both of which would also be
suitable for the scarf the OP described,.

Georgia

"Alison" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:17:00 -0500, "Georgia"
I've found a very nice, easy, kind of lacy-look, reversible stitch for
scarves on the net. (It's also in Barbara Walker.) It's called
Turkish Stitch. I used size 8 needles with worsted weight yarn. With
the Homespun you might want to try 9 or 10.

Cast on an even number of stitches.

row 1 - knit across, purl last stitch
row 2 - slip 1, *yo, k2tog*, repeat from *, purl 1
repeat row 2 till the end, then one row 1, bind off.

There's a picture at this website, partway down the page:
http://www.fuzzygalore.biz/patterns/reversible.shtml

Alison

Georgia wrote:
Interesting! I've done Seafoam and Twin Rib, both of which would also be
suitable for the scarf the OP described,.

Twin Rib is a great pattern. There's another, called the Scrunchable
scarf, which is CO a multiple of 3; k2, p1 every row. Really easy and
has a wide rib pattern with garter.

sue

Alison wrote:
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:17:00 -0500, "Georgia"
I've found a very nice, easy, kind of lacy-look, reversible stitch for
scarves on the net. (It's also in Barbara Walker.) It's called
Turkish Stitch. I used size 8 needles with worsted weight yarn. With
the Homespun you might want to try 9 or 10.

Cast on an even number of stitches.

row 1 - knit across, purl last stitch
row 2 - slip 1, *yo, k2tog*, repeat from *, purl 1
repeat row 2 till the end, then one row 1, bind off.

There's a picture at this website, partway down the page:
http://www.fuzzygalore.biz/patterns/reversible.shtml

Alison

I like that and think it would be a good pattern for a lap coverG

thanks for sharing!

Donna