FO: Springtime Bandit

Pattern: Springtime Bandit
Yarn: 4 balls of Patons Angora Bamboo in Echinacea
Needles: 4 mm KP Options

First FO in months, yay! I’ve been knitting regularly again since September, but alternating bouts of startitis and frogitis kept me from making much identifiable progress. I’m usually more process than product, but it does feel good to finish something.

I swapped out the recommended aran weight yarn and 5.5 mm needles for worsted on 3.75 mm, aiming for a smaller, more densely knit scarf. It ended up just the right size to tuck inside my coat, so I’m labelling it a success. It clashes less with my plum-coloured winter coat than my orange Swallowtail, too. (Not that that’s going to stop me from wearing said Swallowtail…)

The yarn’s nice and soft, although heavier than expected. It worked just fine in a small project, but I’m not sure how it would fare in a sweater or another larger project. It also fluffs like crazy, meaning I had to take frequent breaks–I can wear angora just fine, but knitting with it sometimes makes my eyes sting and sinuses congest from all the fuzz floating in the air.

The original pattern had the lower edges more or less straight, but I couldn’t resist pulling out the points just a little during blocking.

I have another triangular scarf on the needles right now, too. Ishbel, in deep gold Fleece Artist Somoko. Time to get back to it, I think.