Life, Knitting and the Pursuit of Roller Coasters

About a week ago, I finished two scarves. My chevron scarf is done now and an un-blogged bulky weight striped garter stitch scarf I started to use up a little bit of stash is also done.

The chevron scarf gets the spotlight, it was a spur of the moment impulse project back in April and the first half of the scarf went along quite quickly. It got a little bit of work here and there over the summer and once I hit the end of the first skeins it sat while I debated if the length was enough without adding the second skeins on. I finally decided a couple weeks ago to add the second skeins in and knit up another foot or so before calling it finished.

It’s gorgeous, I loved working with the Claudia’s Handpainted, and the carousel and cotton candy colorways behaved beautifully with one another. I love the drape on the fabric and the steaming I gave it to uncurl the stockinette softened it up even more.

It will be a great addition to my fall wardrobe and you’ll definitely be seeing it around my neck at amusement parks near you this fall and for many to come.

The black and white bulky scarf is completely different in nearly every way. Well, except that is was also an impulse project. The yarn was in my stash and for some reason it jumped out at my while I was going through it for Ravelry. It’s bulky weight wool ease, I’m not even entirely certain how it made it into my stash, but there it was. I grabbed it and put the needles near the computer and a few weeks later, it had practically made itself.  It will also be warm and nice for the fall and winter.

I’ve since moved on to other projects, lots and lots of socks and a major surprise object that can be used as a measure of my obsessions are going to be blogged about in the very near future. But the scarves deserved their own post.