Warm and Toasty
Rowan Polar Scarf for Dad
This scarf is strategically arranged to hide the ends that have yet to be woven in. I finished it about 15 minutes ago and I'm just too tired to deal with careful end placement so it will have to wait for tomorrow. But I like the scarf a lot. If it didn't have a very worthy recipient, you can bet I'd be thinking about keeping it for myself.
This project is made of up of three skeins of Rowan Polar. Two of the dark blue/grey color (which comes out olivey in the unnatural light of my office at night) and one of a lovely taupe. Mom bought it about a year ago when she was visiting me and we made a trip out to Tangled Web in Oak Park. She thought it would make a perfect scarf for my dad. And since it's big stuff, I encouraged her to get it since I figured she'd be able to get it done pretty quickly.
Over Christmas, Mom remembered it and retrieved it from her stash, and it wandered home with me since I needed a good simple car project and I love knitting for my Dad, who is tolerant of more than one color in any single knitting project.
Lately I haven't had a lot of interest in the big yarn, but I did like the Polar. Like anything with a little alpaca, it's nice and soft and fuzzy. It actually has a soft halo about it. I like both the stitch definition and the subtle sheen that the yarn has. I did the scarf in K2P2 ribbing on the recommended needles for gauge and that gives it a little bit more loft.
Similar to the Angel scarf, I cast on 32 stitches and knit in ribbing until I used up my yarn. The end result is a scarf about 6 feet long and about 5" wide.
Unusually enough for me, I don't have much to say tonight. I had a wonderful time at the knitting get together at Letizia's which helped to ease an otherwise stressful and depressing day. It really is hard to hang out with this group and not come away feeling better. Everyone was working on wonderful projects and I am completely jealous of Carolyn and Heidi who are heading to Columbus with Lynette and Monica.
I'm looking forward to working on Siena over the weekend. Bonne Marie and Carolyn spent a good portion of the evening explaining to me about the structural aspects of set in sleeves, and I've decided that I am going to give it a try "the hard way" on Siena. Hopefully I will emerge on the other side of the weekend with a pretty new cardi and a good learning experience.
Hello Theresa! Good to see you at Letizia's last night, though my end of the table was so talky I don't think I got to hear much about your knitting adventures lately. I really like the polar scarf--I got to try some of this yarn for a gift hat over Christmas, and it was such lovely stuff that I finished it in a few hours! I couldn't keep my hands off of it!
If you're still looking for a test knitter for Chicago, just email and let me know. I am also a non-sock knitter, like Judy; what is it about the socks that are so appealing? Hmm. I'll have to get the low-down next time we meet.
hey! had a great time too! :) will try to get up a threadbear post tomorrow!!
hi theresa. we had a good time. i don't know how you'd have felt about a 6-hr road trip, tho. too much time enjoying the drive and each other, i guess. it was well worth the trip. stop by my blog to see some photos.
Hi,
Just wanted to thank you for putting up the photo of the Rowan Polar scarf. I wanted to see how it looks knitted up and I stumbled upon your website(yay for google search). I have just taken up knitting and made my first visit to the Yarn Garden, purchasing on skein of cheap worsted wool starter yarn and two rather pricey, way-to-nice-for-my-skills, balls of Rowan Polar. Think I'm ready to advance to a nice k2p2 method. Thanks again!