Well, it sure has been a while since I've made a scarf since Spring is here!
To my delight, I received an order earlier this week for a cozy chunky winter scarf in purple. I was so excited since that means I get to work with super bulky yarns again!
Off I went to the yarn store again... & only after tons and tons of browsing through merinos, alpacas, virgin wools...
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| So many purple yarns!! |
We finally settled on our familiar friend, the Cascade Magnum in Amethyst Heather. All of the "Heather" shades have different wonderful blends of colours, in this case blue & purple.
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| Super Bulky - 100% Peruvian Highland Wool |
I started custom designing the scarf with a cabling effect. I love cables so much, sometimes it's just hard to choose which one to do.. = )
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| Claw Cable -- Plaited Cable -- Basic Cable |
My client chose the Claw Cable! It's the first time I've worked this cable but I think it's turning out pretty well. You have to use an even number of stitches for each side of the cable, otherwise.. it'd just be too confusing & it also wouldn't look symmetrical.
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| Claw Cable beginnings.. |
It actually looks pretty cool. Really love the way it cinches in & it creates this in/out effect as you work the scarf longer & longer. It's basically this giant claw cable of a scarf!! A little while later, I ended up with this.
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| Cozy Natural Fibre Claw-Cabled Scarf in Amethyst Heather |
The Cascade Magnum knits up very quickly and is easy to work with. The strands hardly ever unravel to take up more time for careful knitting. I can't wait to see the completed scarf!
What do you think? Well, I'm going to just keep clawing away now..
Good evening! xx.
