A Week's Worth of Updates

So yes, it has been a whole week now since I last updated, so there are a lot of new things to talk about. First of all, there has been progress in the intarsia scarf mega project from hell. It's about twice as long as it was when I last posted an image. This is very slow going, and recently I haven't had a huge amount of time at my disposal, so I've basically been neglecting it in favor of other projects.

I've also been working on another scarf project. This one is made with Knit Picks Twirl alpaca yarn. This yarn feels like cream in my hands, it's so soft. I love the pattern, too. It's an interlocking trefoil in maroon and green. I actually really like the color combination. I started out in intarsia, but when I had eight (!!!) balls of yarn going, I decided it would be wisest to work this in fair isle. That means floating yarn on the back of a scarf. I'll probably either felt the back of it (experiment!), or just double it up, using the green yarn to make the back. Something I thought of as well, but may use in another incarnation of this scarf, is to double strand the main color so that the thickness of the material matches on both sides. Because the pattern only appears on one half of the scarf, the plain green side is thinner than the pattern side.

There are a couple more projects I have in the pipeline right now, but don't have any pictures for. I'll be updating again soon. Please check out my Etsy store, or e-mail me at sweet-avocado@hotmail.com. I do lots of custom orders, so please contact me!