Noro Sekku Scarf

This scarf is a simple feather and fan pattern.


















FREE PATTERN
Cast on 78 stitiches and work 4 rows garter stitch on 2.5mm needles

4 row pattern
Row 1 - S1, K to end
Row 2 - S1, P to last 3 stitches, K to end
Row 3 - S1, K2, (K2 tog 3 times) *(Yfwd K1 6 times) (K2 tog 6 times) Repeat from * until 9 stitches remain, (k2 tog 3 times) K3
Row4 - S1 K to end

When scarf is as long as you want it, work 4 rows garter stitch and cast off. 2 whole balls of sekku will make a scart approx 8 ft long - mine is 6 foot and took about half of the second ball.
Finished scarf is approx 7 inches wide.

Opal Baby Sweater

If you are using opal sock yarn, be very careful if you are worried about matching the patterns. It's more complicated than it looks! This was made from one ball of one of the Hundertwasser colours (I forget which). Very easy pattern. The neck gave me a bit of trouble - it was gaping a bit - so I re-did it using a smaller needle size. I will put the pattern up if anyone wants it.

Woolly Neck Warmer

I could not resist the 3D qualities of this neck - warmer. I'm sorry to say that my neck proved unsuitable so my daughter has been pressed into service. Not sure if she will wear it - she compains about anything remotely scratchy - this is noro silk garden. The pattern is called Tudora Cheryl Marling and is available here

Back again

Well I am the prodigal knitter - I'm allowed to come back more than once! I've been sewing bags all summer but now the blessed autumn has arrived and I'm starting to knit again, launched by the fab London iknit day on 6 September. I bought some Socktopus yarn for a baby surprise jacket, some neeedles, some buttons, some more yarn and some more yarn.....

More hats

Celtic Bag

I made this bag for a friend who keeps threatening to lose her handbag in the pub. She needed something which was small enough to keep on in the pub, but would hold her keys, phone and credit card. The photos were not successful but I was particularly pleased with the contrast lining, a red silky chinese material. The knitted part is a wide celtic style cable from one of the harmony books, done on rowan scottish tweek DK. The handle is in i-cord which is continuous with the side panels.

The Magic of Blocking

This scarf is in Rowan Kidsilk Haze - colour marmalade. What a difference a bit of water makes!