Frogging and Hibernating Ducks
Unfortunately, this is not a post about the lovely spring weather. It is instead about failed knitting projects. I started these two scarves on Sunday, worked on them all week, and then gave up on them today.
The black one was the Men's Cashmere Scarf from Last Minuted Knitted Gifts. Of course, I wasn't using cashmere for it. Instead I was using Cascade 128 Chunky Tweed. I liked this pattern and it was certainly easy to knit if a little bit boring, but it curled like mad.
I checked on Ravelry to see if other people had had the same issue with the scarf and they had. Some said they were able to block it enough to get it to stop and others weren't so lucky. I was making it for gift, so I didn't want to chance it. I frogged it earlier tonight. I'll probably make a seed stitch scarf out of this yarn instead.
The other scarf is the Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks scarf. I'm knitting it with Malabrigo Worsted in the Lime-Blue colorway. I had a horrible time getting this one started. At the wider widths the colors pooled in a way that I didn't like at all, but when I got the scarf narrow enough for the colors to vary the way I wanted them to, the scarf was way too narrow. This stitch pattern is hell on the hands. The first couple of nights I worked on it, I went to bed with a heating pad wrapped around my right hand. It's worth it though. I love the stitch pattern. I also really like the yarn. The Malibrigo is so soft and wonderful, although now that I'm kntting with it, I'm not sure I love the Lime-Blue colorway. I don't love the stitch
pattern with this yarn. And I really don't love the narrow width. I had planned on giving it to my sister-in-law, but she is very tall and fairly large framed so I figured the narrow little scarf would look wimpy on her. At the same time, I don't know who else I would give it to and I don't think I would wear it myself. I don't know. I'm not ready to frog it, but it's definitely going into hibernation for a while.
I've ordered some Malabrigo Worsted in the Oro Y Vino pattern (orange and maroon, otherwise known as Hokie colors) which was backordered. If I ever get it, I might frog the Lime-Blue and restart the scarf for me in the Oro Y Vino. We'll see.
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