FO: Godiva Gathered Scarf

Pattern: Gathered Scarf
Yarn: 1 skein of Handmaiden Lady Godiva
Needles: 3.75 mm and 4.5 mm bamboo

I started this in the second week of December, but put it aside to finish up a couple of gifts and didn’t pick it up again until a few days ago. It was mindless enough for me to be able to knit it while fuzzy-brained. The only modification I made was to reduce the stitch count from 48 to 42.

The yarn is lovely. It’s smooth and soft and squishy, and even being half-silk, it didn’t fuzz while knitting and didn’t fuzz when I wet-blocked it. Also, it went far enough for me to get a 4.5″ x 60″ scarf out of one 250 metre skein.

I’m still not quite 100% sold on the colours, but I’m more satisfied with them now in the final product than I was at various stages of completion. There are gorgeous shades of sand, light sage, ivory, and taupe in the yarn; the way they combined doesn’t displease me, but it’s not quite as stunning as I’d hoped. Such are the perils of knitting with handpainted yarns.

Regardless, I’m pleased with it and it’ll get worn.

As far as mittens go, well, I had the best of intentions last night. I sat on my bed with a pattern, needles, and yarn… beside me, as I knit instead on a simple triangular shoulder shawl in Silk Garden Sock. It’s a gift with a deadline, true, but I guess I should just come out and admit that I’m basically a crow–easily distracted by shiny things. Hell, my initials even spell KAW.

I do have a cuff this afternoon, though. One shocking pink Kureyon mitten cuff. I expect fraternal twins, because I’d like to use the leftovers for a cowl and don’t want to lose yarn by trying to match the pair.

Rather than using the guide in The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns, I’m going with Design 15 from Noro’s Designer Mini Knits. Still basic, just constructed a little differently.

And now, back to the yarn.