Grandma’s Mohair Scarf Back in Action
I gave a shot at making a mohair scarf for my grandmother late last winter with some Fiesta yarn. It has gorgous colors. However, the combination of stitch pattern and needle size I had chose (and probably inexperience with unblocked and blocked lace differences) made me frog it. Well, over the weekend I started a new one…
It’s the Alberta Seaman Scarf from Stahman’s Shawls and Scarves, which is really a fern lace pattern on both ends and a ribber section around the neck area so it lays nicely. At SnB (yes, I did get to go thanks to wonderfully caring friends) on Monday Amanda suggested I use short rows instead because then it lays against the back, but I just can’t wrap my head around the short rows in the pattern… I suppose I could make the center part seed stitch like the borders of the bottom sections are and short row that… Though what is clearest in my mind is then knitting that center section from the bottom up to the neck… I really must learn more about short rows so I can figure them out for myself. While I can do them to turn a heel or make arrangements for my ample chest, it is one spatial thing I often can’t visualize.
Anyway, this is only about 8.5 inches of what should be around 20-24 inches so I’ve got a little more time to contemplate that option…
It does feel stripey to me, but I’ve found that often once blocked the varigated lace can look much better. So, I’m just going with the flow and if it is stripey, it’s stripey! I’m sure grandma won’t care. She’ll be showing it off at church and the hair dresser’s and going on about what a creative and talented granddaughter I am. (Kind of like how I had to send her THREE of my wedding invites because she carried it around in her purse to show everyone and they kept getting ratty looking and that won’t do for bragging about grandchildren, LOL!)
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