Finished knitting

[vilakins]

Here are some photos of the knitting I've done recently.

Graduated colour scarf


This is a non-rib version of the Boomtown scarf pattern which I made in a graduated colour yarn since others had and I thought it looked rather effective. I was very pleased at how well it goes with my new teal jacket.

Boomtown scarf


I'm not really a fan of Rose, but I did admire her scarf in Boomtown, so I had a go at it. It took me a while to find a yarn with enough variegated colours, even though they’re a bit paler and ice-creamy. They're more my colours than the classic Four scarf though.

Zigzag diagonal scarf


I bought this yarn for zoefruitcake's mitts, but bought more for myself because the purple matches a favourite felt hat I wear a lot in winter. This is a wonderful pattern: it’s actually very simple, but the result is stunning. I've never done short rows before, but this was dead easy. In fact it’s very obvious where you are and what you’re doing without any counting whatsoever, so this is a great pattern to do anywhere. I like the effect so much I'm going to make it again in a lovely yarn zoefruitcake sent me that has subtle colour graduations with I think will show up better in the garter (which blurred the stripes a bit).

Leftover yarn mitts

I had enough yarn left over from the Boomtown scarf to make these (click on them to see full size):



There was only enough self-striping blue for a complete pair, so I made a rainbow-striped pair from other colours. The stripes are graduated on those as I had more of some colours than others. Then, yesterday when I was wearing a favourite white shirt under a grey jacket, it occurred to me that the leftover grey and white yarn would go well with that, so I calculated I’d have enough for a shortened pair. It works well too because I’d never fit a full-length mitt under my cuffs. I call these my Ashley mitts because they remind my of my little silver tabby cat. :-)

Comments

[san-valentine.livejournal.com]

You've made some lovely things there - I like the colours in the first scarf especially. I was wondering why it was called a Boomtown scarf, as the first thing that came to my mind was the Boomtown Rats, which didn't seem a likely scource for a pattern name.

And others have said, that diagonal scarf doesn't have look impressive.

How many scarves do you have now ?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Knitted by me? These plus the two 4th Doctor scarves that started me off on this kick late last year. I have over ten more bought ones though in different styles and materials e.g. silk or eyelash yarn that makes them look like boas. I'm an accessory person: earrings, bracelets, necklaces, scarves, mitts. Not shoes though so I buck the cliché.

I do like the rich colours of the first one too, and it was a bonus that it goes so well with that jacket. The diagonal scarf was so easy I'm making it again for me and others.