Fairy Floss — magenta knit scarf with ribbon yarn fringes
I love knitting on the weekend after a big week of writing (I’m a technical writer by trade). I like the sense of calm the repetition brings on. Here’s a pattern I’ve been meaning to try for a while. It’s from the Australian crafty/sewie/wool store, Spotlight.
Mohair and ribbon yarn scarf pattern (Spotlight)
The pattern, in case you can’t see the picture is this:
Scarf ingredients:
- 1 ball of mohair (50g).
- 2 balls ribbon yarn.
- 15 mm needles, 25 stitches.
Making the scarf:
- Cast on 25 stitches.
- Knit six rows of stocking stitch in mohair.
- Knit two rows of garter stitch in ribbon yarn.
- Repeat until the scarf is as long as you like it.
- Attach a fringe to each end, in ribbon yarn.
My version:
Here’s my latest creation, a variation on the Spotlight pattern above. I’ve done mine in different colours and have done 12 rows of stocking stitch in between each block of ribbon yarn, and used stitches on smaller (13 mm) needles.
Mohair knit scarf with ribbon yarn fringe
When done, the mohair feels like spun sugar. It’s gorgeous and light, yet long enough to wrap for warmth. See more pictures and some of my other scarves and bitsy pieces at www.handmade3777.etsy.com
Chat soon!
Three times lucky?
Last weekend I knit
enter a different state of mind to my dominant one, which is working in IT.
But so desperate am I to reach this other mindset, I’m now amassing a collection of scarves, too many for my own personal use!
I need to move them.
So, I set up a shop on etsy.com (www.handmade3777.etsy.com), a site where you can buy and sell handmade goods. It’s like a big online St Kilda Sunday Market and I fear I’ll buy more than I’ll sell.
So, that’s one avenue. No sales so far, but nice to do some social networking and learn 
more about it, and a few people have liked some of the items in my modest ’shop’.
My partner & I, when down at the local bricks and mortar outlets the other day, went into a gifty kind of place. I’m shy about flaunting my wares so he asked the assistant if the owner would be interested in looking at my scarves. She said, ’sure’ and handed us a card with a name to call.
Since then, I met a friend for lunch in Tooronga. We went into that lovely shop, Turner and Lane on Malvern Road, and my friend, knowing the stage-fright I would exhibit if I had to ask, asked the lady in the shop if the owners were interested in viewing some of my winter wares. I now have another card, with another name to call.
Buoyed by how nice these people were, I phoned a favourite local shop, Morris Brown in Healesville. I spoke to one of the two partners and she has agreed to take a look.
Perhaps three times lucky? I’ll let you know how I get on.
Peabody & FrouFrou (aka Siamese & wool)
FrouFrou is made from pink & orange mohair. She’s soft as a bunny and has her stage gear trim on.
Peabody is her biggest admirer, for all the wrong reasons.
The inspiration for Frou came from my friend Helen’s, Laura Ashleigh cardie. It’s mohair with ribbon trim finish and looks smashing on.
While Frou (let’s call her W) was simple to knit, I did encounter problems keeping her from her special best friend: a Siamese called Peabody (let’s call him S).
You know the drill: It just is that S ♥ W.
If S gets really quiet, I can bet he’s opened the cupboard that houses the special felt toys, or he’s found my unfinished, dry-felted curtain and has taken it to his lair. It’s not uncommon for him to string my knitting in progress around the house in five seconds flat. Sometimes it seriously looks like CSI tape by the time he’s done.
Recently he took off with a brand new ball of plum-coloured mohair. He turned it into his own style of knitting by undertaking the following moves: crocodile roll, kick kick kick, bite bite.
I wrongly thought that by letting him have his own project, he would leave mine alone.
So Frou’s done extremely well to survive to photograph stage, though there were a couple of close calls. I chopped out more than one round of kittyknitting from the skeins, after having turned my back for oh so short a time!
