Purple Haze Tredegar Scarflette - Finished!

I finished this up Saturday morning while watching the rest of the Fleece and Harmony wool cast, and more PLY Guild videos, and immediately blocked it.

It is funny, but when I was working on it, I thought it would be longer, based on the amount of yarn that I had, but actually it ended up only slightly (about 4 inches) longer than the pattern called for.  In the end I did 15 repeats of the pattern, with 7.7 grams of yarn left over, definitely not enough for another repeat - no yarn chicken here.  I’ll use up that remnant on my Zoom loom and add the squares to my growing stash of squares that one day will become something.

I found some suitable buttons in my voluminous button stash and sewed them on this morning.  I’m still figuring out how to wear/style it, but I am very happy with how it came out.  The cables are nice and plump even though this is only a 2-ply yarn.

This is the cozy styling, but I will probably wear it with the top edge turned down.

Pattern:  Tredegar Scarflette by Jo-Anne Klim

Yarn:  Rosie’s Multicolor Merino Top, handspun by me

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm) for the very beginning and ending, US 6 (4.0) for the main part

 

Purple Haze Tredegar Scarflette - Nine Repeats Done!

After finishing my Foxglove Cassie, I decided to finish up one or two other projects that I have on the needles before casting on another Cassie, even though I have the yarn all caked up and it is sitting there looking absolutely gorgeous.  So I grabbed my Tredegar Scarflette and focused on that next.  At this point I am past the halfway point on the amount of yarn that I have, and have enough yarn for 5 more repeats (not counting the partial one that you can see in the photo).  I could potentially get six more repeats, but that might involve some yarn chicken, so I will see when I get there.  So far I am very happy with how this is turning out.

Pattern:  Tredegar Scarflette by Jo-Anne Klim

Yarn:  Rosie’s Multicolor Merino Top, handspun by me

Needle:  US 6 (4.5 mm)

Purple Haze Tredegar Scarflette - Four Repeats Done

I have also been making progress on my Tredegar Scarflette, although it isn’t very interesting, just more repeats of the cable pattern, which is a very nice cable pattern, and which the yarn does show off very nicely, despite being a 2-ply.  I mean, what’s not to like?   I love Celtic knots, and I love purple, and the fact that the yarn is my handspun just makes it that much sweeter.  The pattern calls for this to be just long enough to wrap once around the neck, calling for a finished length of 30 inches.  I am already one-third of the way there, and still have lots of yarn left, so I’m going to be making mine longer.  We’ll see how long it ends up being.  The pattern also has you make button holes in the far end before you bind off, and then sew buttons along the long side at the cast on end, so the ends meet at a right angle under you chin.  I’m thinking of putting buttons on the short side of the cast on end so I can turn it into a cowl, or wear it as a scarf.  I may also add buttons along the long side at the cast on end, as the pattern calls for, just to give me more wearing options.  We shall see.

Pattern:  Tredegar Scarflette by Jo-Anne Klim

Yarn:  Rosie’s Multi-colored Merino top, handspun by me

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm) and US 6 (4.0 mm)

Purple Haze Tredegar Scarflette - Cast On!

As part of my efforts to rekindle my knitting mojo I also pulled out some of my handspun skeins.  I do really enjoy working with my handspun yarn.  This yarn is what is left of the three spins that I used in the Practically Handspun vest.  This is spin 13, and I have another full skein, besides the partial in the picture, over 250 yards total.

Here is a picture of the original set of skeins.  I used about half in the Practically Handspun vest, and I really loved working with it.  I spent some time yesterday going through my Ravelry library looking for a pattern that I vaguely remembered buying at some point that I thought would be perfect for this yarn, and I finally found it - The Tredegar Scarflette by Jo-Anne Klim.  I’m very happy with how it is knitting up, even though the yarn is a 2-ply my cables are popping quite nicely.

Pattern:  Tredegar Scarflette by Jo-Anne Klim

Yarn:  Handspun Rosie’s Multicolor Merino Top in Purple Haze

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm) for the border, US 6 (4.0 mm) for the cable pattern