Not Socks

Not bad for a photo taken by a sickie on a windy day, no?

Pattern shamelessly stolen from the KnittyOtter's entrelac scarf tutorial.  She also has a PDF version in her sidebar that you can print out, which is what I did.  I can only knit in front of the computer for so long, ya know.

Yarn is that nasty SWS stuff that Patons makes.  I used four skeins in the Natural Slate colorway and all four skeins had knots.  Some had knots that did not go with the striping of the yarn and I had to fix their error, so the scarf would look halfway okay.

I did e-mail them and let's just say, I'm done with Patons and leave it there.  Ya'll do not want to know.  More importantly, I do not want to get into it.

There's a hat to follow, btw.   I already have the yarn.  Just need to remember how to knit a hat for my favorite little pinhead. 

Blocking this was interesting because if you want straight smooth sides, you need to block with some force.  However, if you want that fluffy/puffy look that is part of SWS's charm, then you need to help it along by not really blocking at all.

Yeah, I had a good time.  o.0

I pinned it down and left it for a few hours before removing the pins and encouraging the texture to come out.  Not that 'texture' is the right word, but ya'll know what I mean.  I ended up putting this scarf on a cookie rack on top of the fridge to make sure that it got totally dry.  It seems to take forever to dry anything on the floor here in the winter.

Creeping damp, anyone?

The entrelac was surprisingly easy to do.  The hardest part was remembering to count to six.  Don't ask.  The tutorial makes entrelac simple to understand and knit, and I am very thankful for that as I wasn't exactly healthy when I knit this.  It had a hot bath before blocking, so I figure it's as germ-free as it's going to get.

Can you Lysol wool/soy?

Comments

[Frances]

Great scarf! He better be tres tres appreciative! Hope you feel better soon!

[Angie]

Handsome scarf. I'm glad you overcame the yarn difficulties. Once you finish this round of sickness, you ought to be like good for the rest of the winter, having conquered all the new germs. (You are finishing it, right?)

[joan]

It's pretty and manly at the same time. He better love it. Maybe a blast of steam through it just to kill off any soy loving germies. And I think Patons doesn't deserve you although Noro puts knots in without regard to color placement too.
Be well.

[Stacey]

I have 8 balls if you're interested.

[Sarah]

Glad you have overcome the challenges of counting to six. It is an evil number. It is taunting me in swatchland.

[Beth]

When are you going to get better already? This is not the optimal time of year to be sick. Not that there *is* an optimal time, it's just that it's particularly bad now. On the other hand, I'm in the mood for a couple days bedrest...

[Julie]

The scarf is great; you'd never know that you have such difficulty counting to six :-)

[Devorah]

Great scarf! If you are really concerned -- and the biologist in me says "don't be" then spritz it with rubbing alcohol.

[feefifoto]

What a great scarf. Maybe in my lifetime, I could do something like that. Right now, everyone I know have received a plain old scarf lovingly knitted by yours truly. Right now I am busy trying to update my website and keep two young school age children on time for all their activities. And, lo and behold here comes winter vacation.

[Saffron]

That looks great!!!!!!

[Debby]

Were you counting to six under or not under the influence of good cough medicine? It looks fabulous.

[Opal]

Oh I love the colors in that scarf. Thanks for letting me know that SWS is crap. I hate knots in my yarn. It brings on murderous rages.

[gale (she shoots sheep shots)]

excellent scarf!and I'm not usually an entrelac fan. I think its the grayscale palette that does it for me. Feel better!