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LaBoheme Scarf - Alaska

I present another LaBoheme scarf, this time in the colorway, Alaska. I started it last week, around the same time that I started on Shedir. But I wanted to get Shedir done first. It knitted up pretty quickly when I took the time to actually sit down and knit on it. Again, I casted on 20 and knitted in stockinette until I ran out of yarn. I think it turned out really pretty! It certainly goes with everything that I own. Click here for another view.

My friend loved Shedir . I went to see her in the hospital on Tuesday. She was just getting admitted so that she could go through another round of Chemo and would be in for four days (ugh!). I gave her the hat and she promptly put it on and wore it the whole time I was there. The color looked great on her! And it ended up fitting her perfectly. So all went well with that. I think that I am going to knit her a Clapotis so that she will have someing cozy to wrap around her shoulders. I ordered some Cascade Sierra Quatro from Hello Knitty. I’ve never tried that yarn before and I don’t know if it will work for Clapotis, so we’ll see.

Have a wonderful three-day weekend everyone!

3 comments January 14th, 2005

La Boheme silver and gold scarf

I finished my scarf with the La Boheme yarn that I bought in Spokane last September. I only used one skien and it was enough. In fact, it could have ended up too long. This scarf has seen a few incarnations. The first of which was the Trana pattern from CTH II.

After letting it stew for a couple of months I decided to try using the multi-directional scarf pattern. I began working on it after the silk garden scarf featured in the previous post. I didn’t like the way that one looked. So I frogged it and tried making it skinnier, tried smaller sized needles, still didn’t like it. I decided to go with the trana pattern again, but when I was almost halfway done with that decided I didn’t like it. So then I just decided to go with ginormous needles (size 15) and knit it up in stockinette stitch. At first I cast on 15, knitted it until it reached my head, and realized that, at this rate, it was going to be way to long for my taste. So I frogged it and cast on 20. Just right . The fringe really gives it the added touch and makes it really pretty.

Unfortunately, these are so not my colors. So I will probably gift it to someone. Again, I don’t know who. I think I may buy another skien and this time pick out my colors to knit one for myself. I think this is a really pretty scarf! It drapes so beautifully. And so simple. When I finally decided on how to knit it it only took a day or so.

This is the most expensive yarn I have ever bought. I can’t imagine buying enough for a sweater or something like that! But it was worth it, just being able to work with it.

I’ve had the week off and it has been raining non-stop. Well, that’s not entirely true. We’ve had a little bit of a break now and then, but for the most part it’s been really wet. It pretty much sucks. Raf and I have been talking about maybe moving to Portland in teh next few years, but now we are not sure if we could stand living somewhere where it rains so much. A week of it is starting me make me a little crazy.

Here’s a quick update on my friend: I found out that she was released from the hospital a lot earlier than expected! She was released on Wednesday. This is good because teh expectation was that she would be in for more than three weeks. I’m going to knit her the shedir cap pattern found in the Knitty breast cancer awareness surprise. I couldn’t find any Calmer right away so I found some fabulous bright pink Debbie Bliss cotton Angora. I hope it will be a good substitute. (when I went to the yarn store just now to buy the debbie bliss, I also picked up another skien of LaBoheme, this time in Alaska. hey, it was 20 percent off! Icouldn’t resist )

Thanks for all of your prayers! I’ll keep you updated

6 comments January 2nd, 2005