raspberry scarf

So here we have something that is legitimately nice-looking! It's a raspberry-colored scarf, knitted with Size 13 needles and Lion Brand "Thick and Quick" yarn. I had to buy two things of it to make the five-foot-ish long scarf, but it knitted really quickly. I started it on a Saturday morning and finished it on Tuesday afternoon, and of course did lots of terribly important stuff in between.

About 6 or 7 rows in, I must have repeated a line of stitching so that the pattern got reversed. I didn't notice this for another 6 or 7 rows, and I really didn't want to undo that much. So I decided to repeat the same "mistake" about 6 or 7 rows from the other end, to make them look like intentional cuffs. Here's another photo, so you can really tell the texture difference.

I think it ended up looking really nice! I really enjoyed that yarn. Mistakes just aren't visible. The only problem is that the yarn ends don't nicely weave into the ends of the scarf. The yarn is so thick that when it frays, it sticks out and looks pretty awful. If I had readers, this is where I'd ask for suggestions.

Anyway, this is the reason I thought I'd go ahead and start the blog now- I'm giving this scarf to my cousin for her birthday. I love it, but as I've said before, I don't even wear scarves. And it looks like one of her colors. I don't care if she ever wears it, as long as she cuddles with it for at least two seconds after I give it to her.

The pattern was found at LionBrand.com, and it goes like this:

cast on 19

odd-numbered rows: k3, (p1, k3)

even-numbered rows: k1, (p1, k3), p1, k1

The directions inside the parentheses are to be repeated. On even-numbered rows, you knit the first stitch, then p1k3 until there are two stitches left, which will then of course be p1k1.

Also very easy to remember and very easy to tell which stitch order is in the previous row.