Back from the Dead

I’m on a “finish things” kick lately. Projects that had been snoozing for a year … two years … they’re all getting busted out and finished. Well, not ALL. There are sweaters lurking in this house that were knit for “smaller Amy” that I’m not touching for a while.

Anyhoo, there’s this …



I started Bright Stripes nearly two years ago and knit it in about 10 days.



Got some really yummy yarns at Bloomin Yarns and found a little-knit pattern in the back of an often-purchased book.



I knit the actual scarf in what felt like 10 minutes. I really love knit-lengthwise scarfs! I might have made the pom-poms a tiny bit differently if I’d had half a clue of how I wanted to attach them to the scarf, but it worked out just fine.



This scarf was knit specifically to go with a black cashmere dress coat that I wear pretty frequently during the winter. Now that I will no longer be wearing that coat primarily to a building with two gigantic ketchup bottles prominently displayed (where I would always wear my Steelers Scarf), I figured I should have a classier scarf to go with the nice coat. Mission Accomplished!

Bright Stripes Scarf
Pattern: Bright Stripes from Scarf Style
Size: It’s a scarf.
Yarn/Color/Quantity: Cascade CashVero/Ecru/1 skein;
Rowan Cashsoft Aran/Black/2 skeins; Rowan Cashsoft Aran/Thunder/1 skein
Source: Bloomin Yarns
Needles: US 8/5.0mm
Started: 8 November 2007 (yes, 2007)
Finished (with the knitting): 20 November 2007
Finished (pom-poms added): 2 October 2009
Mods: Fewer colors than the pattern calls for, but I wanted a subdued scarf. I got it!
Notes: Steamed the crap out of it, and it now lays flat. Used every inch of the leftovers for the pom-poms

Special thanks to my scarf SuperModel, Baxter Bear! ;-)