Introducing a warm winter touque (that’s Canadian for hat). It’s one size fits all, ranging from my 4 year old to adult.
It is knit using 2 skeins of Scheepjes Alpine yarn (75 m per 50 g) or similar yarn on 5.5 mm needles.
You can buy a .pdf version of this pattern using Paypal for $5.00CDN.
The second Möbius scarf is complete.
This one is a little shorter than the first one (80 + 80 sts) and a tad wider. I used a single cast-on with a backwards loop, as suggested by Liisa at Stick å brinn, and it worked beautifully. Thanks for the tip!
I used the same yarn as last time – Lang Pearl, and with the new cast-on I didn’t have any of the same issues as last time. Also, it’s really nice and soft, and makes a warm scarf. Just what we need in time for winter.
This is the result of my shawl ponderings….. The Lightning Shawl. It used 3 skeins of 100 % baby alpaca from Manu.
It is 95 cm (35″) in height and 190 cm (70″) wide. It’s a winter shawl that will keep you warm during the chillier parts of the year.
You can buy a .pdf version of this pattern (chart and written instructions) using Paypal for $8.00CDN.
I have 300 g of lovely, soft, brown Alpaca which I bought in Gothenburg last summer. My plan was to make a warm winter shawl out of it. It’s quite a thick yarn – 100 m per 100 g – so the size of the needles will be somewhere between 7-10 mm. Quite the change from the thin lace-yarn I’ve been working with for the past few months.
Now to the problem…. what exactly am I going to knit? I had originally planned a nice, cabled shawl. I even had a design in mind, with a cabled edge and a wide cable running up the center. But I did some swatching, and it just didn’t turn out the way I had planned. Also, it became rather thick and unwieldy.
So now I’m thinking about something lacy, yet heavy. But I’m not really sure what. Must get some more ideas before I start. On the other hand, it’s getting chillier every day, and I could sure use a warm shawl as I go to the bus stop 3 times a day. Or even just to curl up in the sofa. The saving grace here is that since the yarn is so thick, I imagine it will be a quick knit once I actually start.
I finished my Moebius scarf. It’s 120 sts + another 120 sts picked up. It’s basically all in moss-stitch, with one row of double-height stitches.
I like it, and I have already started a second one. This time I’m using Liisa’s suggestion to cast-on with a backwards loop, and that looks a lot nicer. The second one will be a little smaller (100 + 100 sts) and a bit wider, I think.
While he’s not the intended recipient, my youngest kindly agreed to model the scarf for me……
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