I See More Red

Daughter-who-doesn't-knit likes cables.   I sent her the link to this pattern and her reply was "I love it."   

Debbie Bliss Cabled Scarf

Debbie Bliss Magazine Fall/Winter 2012 

9.75 x 94.5" and 1 lb. 6 oz. 

 
Modelled by BGITWWW ...Best Granddaughter In The Whole Wide/wild World..  

"Ah Nan, it's really warm but it's getting heavy.  

Nan, Nan nee...it's getting really heavy.  

4 skeins into the pattern.  9 to go.

I was half way through my 13th skein when I measured out 94.5" without stretching the fabric.  The scarf was soaked, rinsed, and squeezed.  My hands kept coming up with short red fuzz! The fabric stretched to an unmanageable length so I rolled it up into a high thread count cotton sheet. The sheet had the length I needed and it sucked up water quickly.  

The next day I unrolled it from the sheet, placed it on top of a thick lining on the floor. Several hours later I was relieved to see some bounce back to the fabric but the cables looked flat. I pinned to pattern measurements. It finally dried and the cables plumped up a little. 

I put it out in the cold to soak up fresh air scent.  I was in the process of removing U pins (160) and tweaking the scarf straight when Q, King of the Spice Ferns came over to play.  

This pattern is so pretty and easy to remember.



...Happy Trails...

I See Red

94.75 inches of Red.  Red cables.  

But Not Yet!

#02 Cabled Scarf by Debbie Bliss

13 skeins of Rialto Chunky Yarn 

4 skeins and 29 inches of scarf.

9 skeins to go...

...Happy Trails...

Knitting Sweaters x 2

One rainy afternoon I was hanging out with the BGITWWW.  We read books, watched a movie, baked cookies, had a tea party... all the fun things we normally do to entertain.    But the most fun we had I think is when the BGITWWW sat on my lap and surfed the internet for a new sweater pattern and yarn.

She chose a Debbie Bliss moss and rib stitch sweater pattern from the Wish you Were Here book (on sale).  She decided on a pink sweater.  She picked Rowan's All Season Cotton yarn in pink melange from the UK:  10 skeins in an unopened bag for under $20 with free shipping.   The yarn arrived in three days.  The pattern book took a week.  I think I spent 3 weeks knitting and seaming. 

The BGITWWW with Ben & Jerry's Phish Food

The raglan sweater and hat was knit for a baby boy using Debbie Bliss's raglan sweater pattern from the Baby Knits book.  I used 3 skeins of Cascade Cash Vero to knit the sweater and one skein to knit the hat. I had this knit up in a less then a week.  It was a gift to his proud Grandmother actually, so all the more fun to knit up.

...Happy trails...