I think I’m obsessed with them, hopefully it’s something I’ll work out of my system and then it will be gone….

First there was this one :-

Column of Leaves in Baby Camel DK from www.poshyarns.co.uk

Then there was this one :-

Old Shale pattern in Patons Spirit

…and now, there’s this one as well : -

This is Branching Out from www.knitty.com in Rowan Summer Tweed. I’ve had these two skeins in my stash for about 2 years now since I knit myself a summer top from Rowan 31. I realised last week that a friend’s birthday was fast approaching so went digging in the stash for something suitable for a quick knit present and came across them again.

What could I do with them - suitable colour for the friend, Summer Tweed seemed a sensible yarn to be knitting for a birthday at the beginning of May as the weather warms up….I really wanted to knit this friend a lacy shawl or stole but knew I did not have the time for something in Kid Silk Haze or some other cobweb yarn so could I perhaps knit a lacey stole/scarf in Summer Tweed?

The answer is yes, I could and here it is blocking on my kitchen floor -

I modified the pattern slightly - as I have a thing about symmetry I knit the two sides of the scarf from cast on edge to middle identically and then grafted them together. This means the lace pattern runs in the opposite direction on each side of the scarf which means that when it’s being worn the pattern will look symmetrical on each end of the scarf as it is worn……is it just me that has a problem with one side of your scarf going down and the other going up???

I have to say that the purple is not just in my knitting, here is just a random selection of the colour purple in my home.

my vacuum cleaner -

my bedroom -

my slippers -

Anyway, the birthday is tomorrow so I hope the summer scarf is well received…..I’m off to dig out the purple cobweb mohair I have lying around somewhere…….

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