Textured Scarf & Nubbly Triangle Scarf patterns

My husband went back to work today after being on vacation for a week and a half. I was hoping we'd get out of town for a few days but it didn't happen. I'm glad he's back to work. Now I can try to get caught up on things.

I did manage to finish one small spinning project. It was less than an ounce of Rambouillet dyed in greens and purples. Here's the 141 yard skein I got from the wool. Too little yardage to do much with. I'm considering combining some of my orphan skeins into one project to use them up.

I've been on a scarf kick. Two more scarves are finished. I've been going through my scrap box for inspiration.

I found a partial skein of Bernat Aspen (wool/acrylic blend). Cast on and knitted it up into a textured diagonal pattern that I made up as I went. It turned out quite nice.

Textured Turquoise Scarf
Size: 42" x 5.5"
2.2 oz worsted weight yarn (probably about 150 yards)
U.S. 10.5 needles (mine are old Bernat 7 mm size and not the usual 6.5 mm)

Pattern is now available as a free download through my Ravelry pattern store.


The second scarf came about from a partial skein of baby blue nubbly novelty yarn I picked up at the October Fiber Frolic on Saturday. I paired it with some blue baby yarn scraps. I cast on for a top down triangle scarf starting with the baby yarn and alternating with the nubbly yarn. The bumps gave a nice texture to the scarf. When the blue baby yarn ran out, I grabbed some white baby yarn. I liked the serendipitous way this scarf was developing. Of course, the white yarn ran out before I was done. I grabbed some white baby yarn with a shiny nylon ply, knit a garter stitch border and bound off. I thought I was done until I laid the scarf out flat. The edge curled up which it shouldn't have in garter stitch. What now? All the yarns I had used were synthetic and unblockable. (I didn't want to try to kill it with heat and melt the yarn.) So back to the leftover box I went. I found a small ball of another blue and worked a crocheted border to stabilize the edge. That took care of it!


Nubbly Triangle Scarf
Size: 38" x 20"
I used a total of 3 ounces of synthetic yarn--some baby (fingering weight) yarn and the other a nubbly novelty yarn.
U.S. 8 needles (5 mm)

Pattern is now available as a free download through my Ravelry pattern store.