{"id":625,"date":"2007-01-22T19:27:30","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T09:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=625"},"modified":"2007-01-22T19:27:30","modified_gmt":"2007-01-22T09:27:30","slug":"625","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=625","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you all for saying such lovely things about Spring Blossoms. She’s still on the back of the couch, so I can look at her.
\nBut today I have another finished project to show you. Although this one was over so quickly that it may not deserve the title “project”!
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\nIt’s the cashmere scarf kit that I purchased from Rabbit Tree Farm!
\nThe true colour is closer to the picture of Em modelling, but it’s somewhere between the two. This is supposed to be a scarf, but it’s almost big enough to qualify for a shawl, I think.
\nThe yarn is an 80% cashmere, 20% silk fingering weight blend, and it was lovely to work with. The pattern was relatively easy, and worked up super quickly.
\nThe pattern called for US 10.5 needles, and I couldn’t figure out precisely what size that is. Some places say 6.5mm, some say 7mm. As I usually need to go down a size anyway, I used a 6mm. I had heaps of yarn left over, so I improvised an extra 2 rows, then added the crochet chain bind off, which isn’t part of the original pattern.
\nThe pattern is a variation of the “Roman Stripe” from The second Barbara Walker treasury.
\nA quick knit was just what I needed. I started the scarf on Friday afternoon while Spring Blossoms was blocking, and finished it on Saturday night.
\nNot an awful lot of knitting has been accomplished since then, because it’s just been too hot.
\nI was invited to join the Bloomin’ Feet<\/a> sock swap, and I received my swap partner information on the weekend. Most of today was spent figuring out what I want to do. I ransacked the sock stash and decided on some yummy Koigu. But I couldn’t find a pattern that did justice to the yarn. So I tossed the yarn aside and went back to square one. I finally decided on this yarn.
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\nThis is “Touch Yarns” from New Zealand. Apart from the fact that it’s pretty, I thought it would be nice to use something (reasonably) local that isn’t readily available to my pal. It’s 100% merino, so it has no nylon content, but most of my favourite sock yarns don’t have nylon – Fleece Artist, Koigu, Socks that Rock to name a few.
\nAnd I’ve decided on Sockbugs “Sheri’s Lace Socks”<\/a> pattern to go with it. I hope it all works out nicely.
\nIt’s really hard to knit for another knitter.
\nWhat if she doesn’t like the yarn? Or the colour? Or the pattern?
\nWhat if she weaves in her ends differently to me? Better than me?
\nWhat if she’s disappointed?
\nI have until May 1 to deliver them. So I think I’ll try to knit them quickly. Just in case I’m not happy with them and need to start over!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you all for saying such lovely things about Spring Blossoms. She’s still on the back of the couch, so I can look at her. But today I have another finished project to show you. Although this one was over so quickly that it may not deserve the title “project”! It’s the cashmere scarf kit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}