A Case of Stripes And Stash

In two weeks I managed to knit over 600 stripes, use up some stash, get more stash and simply realize that the amount of stash yarn is a constant.

2012 knitting into one of the ends.

Anyway, I am so pleased with the outcome of this hybrid between a shawl and a scarf. It came out even better than I hoped for.

Exactly how I wanted it to be. It curl a bit due to the stockinette stitch, but that was intentional. I used Soak and blocked it, and that helped a lot.

I used two alternating colors and changed colors with a goal of getting most complementary colors together.

It did not always turn out well - not that many colors to choose from in my stash and in the shop. In a total I think this works - at least I am happy about it.

If you want to knit one of your own you can check my project page on Ravelry.

I have made sort of a pattern. This project would be nice in variegated yarn as well.

I am actually thinking of knitting a new one in alpaca.

I loved knitting this so much. And it is strange that I appear to miss it now when it is finished.

Do you know that feeling?

The idea for this project came from a machine knitted scarf I bought that had the same shape.

I simply started calculating how to knit one for myself.

And it worked. In the really old days knitters marked their work with their name and year of knitting. I added the year to my project. Nice to have when I am old and do not remember...

I found one of my polymer clay bracelets to go with the scarf. So, mission complete. For now...

My handmade polymer bracelet love my new scarf...

The Stitch Story

Yarn: Rauma Finull, Pt2 (total amount 420 grams)
Needles: 2.5mm
Size: 3.09 x 60 cm
Pattern: Lifelines
Other materials: None
Technique: Stockinette stitch, spit splicing
Ravelry link: Stash And Stripes