Better Uses for Intarsia

I have had some adventures and some misadventures with our friend intarsia. Most notably, my ever postponed giant intarsia scarf, and my failed experiment with the interlocking trefoil pattern that I eventually decided to do in fair isle. I suppose I now know better, and have used the technique on the manly scarf I've been harping about. Well, here it is, in its *almost* full glory:

Can you tell that it's a heathered grey and a lighter grey in the middle? I swear it's not lavender. Those three balls are all that remain of the Knit Picks Wool of the Andes yarn (Heather Onyx on the outside and Mist in the center). I may need to break into three more skeins before this one is totally done.

The pattern for this scaf is three cable panels, each made with one skein of the WoA. I know it can be hard to see the cables in these photographs. It just looks like a cool texture, I guess, but this is what it's supposed to look like:

OOO
XOX
OOO
OXO
OOO
XOX and so on

So, in a line, its OOOXOOOXOOOX etc., with the center panel "X" lining up with the middle "O" of the outside, heathered panels. The inspiration for thsi scarf came from hello yarn's besotted scarf. I took some liberties, of course, what with making it three-pannelled and changing up the cables a bit. I also worked this scarf in size 10 needles, so the weave is quite open, making the scarf fluffier than it might have been had I used smaller needles.

Happily for me, this scarf already has a home to go to once it's done, so you won't be seeing it at my etsy shop this go around. I will likely make other incarnations of it, with different color combinations.

Next week (hopefully): Acid green fingerless opera length gloves, where I test my ability to make finger holes!