Knitting Content (really)

Not too long back I started the Argosy Scarf in Regal Silk - actually, I more than started it, I got a good 3 feet into it, and then became vaguely dissatisfied with it. It was too floppy, the points weren't pointing, they were sagging, and the whole thing just wasn't worthy of that very expensive yarn. Love the yarn, love the pattern, but they weren't quite right together. So it went into the UFO Zone, and there it sat for a few weeks, until a chance message on Ravelry. Someone on Ravelry was planning to make a scarf with Regal Silk, and, being wiser than I, was wondering if it had enough body for the Argosy pattern. This caused me to revisit my stalled scarf, and admit that it just ain't working for me.

I had spotted this intriguing dropped stitch scarf pattern on Ravelry, and added it to my wish list, then promptly forgot about it, until the Raveler who messaged me mentioned it as a possible pattern for the Regal Silk. Eureka! The lightbulb went off, and within minutes I was madly ripping the Argosy and casting on the dropped stitch pattern. And ripping it. And casting on again. 26 stitches seemed too narrow at first, so I tried 46, that was too wide, then 36, nope, still too wide. The designer knew better than I - after you work the pattern for a few inches the scarf relaxes noticeably and gets wider. After three or four false starts, I finally got this scarf off the ground, and it is flying along.

I love the pattern, oh how I love it. It's easy to memorize, though it does need some attention on the yarnover rows (I have a disturbing tendency to want to knit an occasional yarnover instead of dropping it). Otherwise, it's a breeze, and fun. A better picture will follow, this is a "flung over the desk chair" un-glamor shot.



I am enjoying this so much, now the Minimalist Cardigan is stalled. I'll get back to it when this is done. Unless I decide to make a second one - now I'm picturing this in blues and greens.