Its funny (or sad) how much I rely on the Internet for my knitting and cooking. Another piece of evidence that this reliance is not pushing toward better and more interesting knitting is that I recently found a fantastic scarf on the Internet to make Maya, my cousin's youngest daughter, for my recently-proclaimed "Scarf Week". Both the pattern itself was actually published on the Internet — it was instead published in a book that I have owned for some time, One Skein.
I used an entire ball, with only about 5 yards left over, of Bernat's Cottontots Solid in light blue to make the scarf, which like the Edgar scarf, knit up in several hours. I ended up adding an extra cable row because the Cottontots knit up smaller lengthwise than the gauge called for in the pattern. I used a size 6 needle, slightly smaller than called for on the yarn band, but what seemed to achieve the correct gauge for the pattern. The final measurements (pre-blocking) were:
- 3.5 inches wide
- 36.5 inches long
- 9 inches of cables (about 10 full cables); rest of the scarf was a double rib
The next time I make this scarf, I might increase the needle size to size 7 to make working the rib and cables a bit easier with this specific yarn. I will probably also try making this scarf again with a wool blend for more of a winter scarf and for greater ease while knitting, but I think for a Florida scarf, the Cottontots worked out well for a soft and decorative scarf.
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