So. I Hesitate to Call this a "Design"

So, I made this scarf, see?

It's a nice scarf - it's just what I wanted. It ought to be, I made it up. It's a bit skinny, perfect for doubling and looping through itself (my personal favorite way of deploying an oblong scarf). The yarn was a little special treat for myself, purchased on this year's annual NYC weekend with Mom, during a side trip to Purl.

It's a basic baby fern lace pattern, edged with garter. It's simple. It's easy. Calling it "design" is silly. I swatched and fiddled and worked it out, did a few notations in the little notebook I keep in my knitting bag, and off I went. Then I took it to work and put a few rows on it at lunchtime and my colleague Anabel asked for it to be written up so she could knit it too.

So I wrote it up and e-mailed it to her.

Then we went on our "craft crawl" weekend and I wore it. We ran into knitter after knitter who liked it, and asked what pattern it was. "I made it up," I said. They seemed impressed. I felt both pleased and foolish. John declared me to be a "knitting rock star." (Thank FSM he's never met the Yarn Harlot. He wouldn't know what to think). My husband's bemused pride made me feel even more foolish. But people did like it.

So, I thought to myself, "Eh, I've already written it up for Anabel - why not stuff it on the blog?"

So, here it is as a pdf.

So.

Posted: Saturday - October 28, 2006 at 04:15 PM | |