We Interrupt Our Scheduled Yammering...

For Clockwork!  <~ Ravelry pattern linkie

The KnittyOtter, who remembers she has a blog, but can't remember how to make it go, had me look at the version she made recently and I fell in love.  Well, as close to 'in love' as someone like me can get.  Shut up.

I had been whinging to her about having two skeins of amazing yarn that I wanted to use together but couldn't think of a pattern.  She totally nailed it when she told me to knit Clockwork.  It was exactly what I was looking for and I didn't even know it.  Yes, she really is that good.

The pattern was so much fun to knit.  Very simple and easy to work on while watching movies on tv or talking on the phone.  Ask me how I know this.  It was also a wonderful chance to use two yarns that I felt deserved to be more than just socks.  Plus I've been feeling like I needed a new scarf because it's cold outside.

Okay.  It's cold for California.

I used Bugga (70% superwash merino 20% cashmere 10% nylon) in the Cotton Strainer colorway for the solid/main color.  It's more of a semi-solid, but that was just fine with me.  For the contrast color, I used Pigeonroof Studio's Siren Two sock yarn (80% superwash merino 10% cashmere 10% nylon) in the lovely colorway Pinklady, which I am totally wild for.

I ended up using less than a skein of each.  I have a feeling that it was a good bit less than what the pattern calls for.  I'm already planning on knitting another one or four out of handspun yarn with a slight change to the pattern.  While I like the spokes in the pattern, I want one without because I can do it and want to see how it would work out.

I wore the scarf this morning and didn't need a coat because it was that warm.  In fact, by the end of our trip out, I had to take it off because all that cashmere was making me hot.  It's going to be the scarf to get me through the winter.  I can already tell and I'm thrilled with that.

Tomorrow, handspun talk.

Unless I call in love with something else.

 

Comments

[Nora]

You knit something...

/thud

It's beautiful!

xo

[Carole]

I love it! And you knit? I had no idea. (ducks and runs)

[KnittyOtter]

YAY!!! I'm so glad you made this pattern with all that yummy soft yarn. Sooooooooooooo pretty!!!

I'm thinking at least one more update before the end of the year... but we'll see. o.0

[Marilyn]

Very pretty! And I bet soft too with the cashmere...

It's warm you say? Maybe I need a cashmere sweater...temps here in ND are in the single digits. During the day.

[elizabeth]

Garter squishy + cashmere = mmmmm! I'm wearing a snood today and it's perfect for keeping me warm, but not suffocating me like a coat would, so I know what you mean!

[Jennifer]

That is lovely! The list of things I want to knit is growing. Stop it.

[Karen]

Oh cashmere! It's beautiful.

[Beverly]

I wish I could touch it through the screen! Loverly!

[Carrie K]

How do you know that?

Pretty, pretty and so soft looking. Perfect for our freezing cold weather lately.

[margene]

But, but...the ribs are very cool. How can you live without ribs?

[Denise]

It was the model that stole your heart. *joking*

I do love those colors of those yarns. It makes wish for touch-o-vision.

[CindyCindy]

That is so very pretty. Cashmere? Perfect. And, you deserve cashmere.

[DataGoddess]

"call in love"? How do you do that?

*giggle*

[Kitten]

Like calling in sick, right?
Awesome. I didn't know you could knit.

[Cheryl S.]

Cashmere makes me hot, too.
;-)

[Beverly (db81971)]

pink shawl? you like pink???

- it is beautiful

I'll shut up

[Doris]

That is really pretty. I have made a Multnomah with Skinny Bugga and have a few more skeins of it to fondle, I mean knit up. Love that cashmere, and boy is it ever warm! (Not always my fondest desire right now, as I am having hot flashes to beat the band...)

[Sarah]

Love! It's so great that those wonderful yarns finally had their day, and that you have a new scarf that will get you through the winter.

xo

[Helen]

I have a skein of Bugga. I have been trying to figure out what to knit with it other than socks. I have a pattern but it might bore me to tears. Oh well. Your scarf looks beautiful.