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Now that I’ve got this new site somewhat up and running, I can’t wait to start posting here. There are still some plugins and other things I want to use/install, but for now, so far so good. With this new site, a new WIP!

I had a busy weekend, so of course I couldn’t resist casting on for something soothing and relaxing afterwards. I’m using Karabella Aurora 8 (yummy!). Can you guess what it is? (It’s not hard to figure out – nearly half of you have probably knit this up already) =)

With a start of a new project, I will also announce the end of another. I casted off late last week, and didn’t get around to blocking it until yesterday. Here are a couple shots:Â Â

Trellis!

A close-up shot of the stitches, and that infamous k7tog:

AÂ breezy shot with the sun peeking through (ignore the messy living room behind it):

Pattern: Trellis Scarf, by Evelyn A. Clark (Interweave Knits, Spring 2006)
Yarn: JaggerSpun Zephyr Silk/Wool in Cassis, 1 skein
Needle: US #5 circs

Pattern Notes

Pattern
Fairly easy. Of course, what drove some people away were those infamous k7tog’s, but they actually weren’t that bad. The pattern recommends that you purl loosely in the row before, and that actually helps alot. Although the repeats got really repetitive after awhile (the main body requested 23 repeats), those k7togs actually made things interesting for me, and kept me awake. Of course, you can customize this scarf into a shawl – just add repeats to it to make it longer or wider. Fairly simple and easy to do.

One thing that I’ve noticed (and other knitters have noticed too) is that the beginning border and the ending border of this pattern don’t really match. I didn’t take pictures to show this, but although they look vaguely similar, they are not the same. I didn’t care too much about this, but some others might, so if you want your borders to look alike, I recommend you cast on for the beginning border twice, so you can graft on the second one at the end, for your ending border (rather than using the ending border that the pattern gives you).

**EDITED to add: If you’re worried about the beginning border and ending border looking different, have a comparative look for yourself.

Yarn
This lovely yarn was gifted to me through a local SnB secret pal exchange. I was excited to receive it beceause I’ve been told that Zephyr was a great yarn for laceweight-newbies. After working with it, I agree. It was a good solid yarn (of course, the other laceweight yarn I have to compare to it, in my experience, is mohair, so of course this was much easier to handle). It’s smooth, soft, and lovely to handle. Of course, I forgot it was partially wool, so when I blocked it, I was surprised to smell a faint wet-wool smell (for those who felt, you know what smell I’m talking about). Now that I’m done with this scarf, I still have nearly 250 yards of it left. Not sure what to do with that amount.

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