Well, it’s certainly not Friday, but I figure it’s time I
tell you all about the not one, but TWO objects I finished last week! A cabled
cardigan out of wool/alpaca and a triangle scarf that someone commissioned from
me on Etsy. I dyed the yarn and then knit the scarf for her costume for an
upcoming convention. Pretty proud of myself for completing a “create this yarn
and then make a thing with it” cycle AND getting paid for it on top of things!
First, the sweater! A bit before the end of 2014, I used the
Random Number Generator system and landed on the 6 skeins of Berocco UltraAlpaca in a forest green colour that I’d purchased on Small Business Saturday
in 2013 from the tiny little LYS/Fabric store/Indie artist boutique store inthe adjacent neighbourhood. So I searched Ravelry for patterns for the yarn and
ended up on a sweater in my queue, Tauriel by Bonne Marie Burns from ChicKnits. I’d heard many good words for all of Bonne Marie’s patterns and the Chic
Knits patterns, so I’d queued a bunch of them a few months ago. Fortuitous,
because I think this yarn and this pattern (and this frigid weather we’re
having) were made to be together.
The scarf is something I’ve knit before, but this one was a
bit more special since I got to also dye the yarn for it. On my Etsy page, I
offer a triangle scarf that was inspired by Merrill from the Dragon Age videogame, a character I also dye yarn inspired by. The pattern is from ALT
Designs and is called the Elvhen Triangle Scarf. I knit the one I have and the
one on Etsy out of the recommended yarn, Lion Brand Homespun, and hated every
minute of it. I’m pleased to say this experience was quite different.
Let’s break it all down.
