It's Done!!!!

We have scarf!
It still needs to be blocked & the yarn tails dealt with, but it is done and...............................

18,986 yards of yarn used this year!!!

Whew, that's a lot of yarn!

And of course I celebrated by casting on this:which will eventually be a sweater, but most importantly, it's on size 9 needles and it's a bulky weight yarn with 87-yard skeins. Hey, with 2 days left in the year, I have my priorities....

Some close-up shots of the lace pattern:

I used a size 5 needle, and using a cable cast on for a little more stability, I cast on 50 stitches with Knitpicks Gossamer laceweight. Then, starting on row one and repeating on every single row, I did (YO, K2tog) across each row. It's a faggoting stitch (every stitch either being a yarn over or two stitches worked together). Since I was essentially "knitting" every row, I didn't add an edging as I didn't think it would curl, but oddly enough, it has a bit of a corkscrew effect.

If I were to do it over again, I'd probably add 3 stitches of seed stitch on each side as I did for this one:
I love the openness of the pattern and it's perfect for scarves because both sides are identical.

My trusty sidekick spent the morning with me
His big excitement this weekend: Outings to the back yard! They're short and thoroughly supervised, and we keep him out of the snow, but after 6 days of that horrible cherry medicine--and 4 still to go--I thought he needed a little treat. We've kept this cast for almost an entire week now, so I think the vets might finally have outsmarted him. Then again, we still have 7 days to go...

Comments

RobinH said…
Ooh, fantastic! I really love the way the colors pattern on this. And only fourteen yards of yarn left to break 19,000! Amazing!

However, I think Theo is just trying to lull you into a false sense of security before staging the Great Escape....(Is anyone still talking about kitty water aerobics? Or under the delusion that it will be hard to get Theo to use the leg normally once it's uncasted?)
December 29, 2008 at 6:33 AM
Daniele said…
The scarf is gorgeous!! I'm glad Theo is feeling better and allowed outside again! :)
December 29, 2008 at 11:19 AM
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