Crestline Sky Scarf 2K15

[crestlineskyscarf]

Finished catching up with May!

[tereghan]

Almost caught up from a busy couple of weeks, had a couple more grey days and then two beautiful days of sun where I’ve been sick and stuck inside blowing my nose constantly. Also, it turns out the thermometer outside may not function well below freezing. We have no idea how old the poor thing is but it works well enough the rest of the time. Fingers crossed it can wait a few more months for snow again, and I can pick up something a little more reliable, which includes wind speed. We’ve had some really blustery days up here and the data from Google isn’t really cutting it.

[crestlineskyscarf]

Drat, not used to having two blogs and sent this post to the wrong one. Forgive me followers for I am sick and totally out of it. Hoping to get back to something like a normal routine soon, but on the up side we've also been getting a ton of stuff done around the house now that our big volunteering event of the year is over.

[crestlineskyscarf]

One row of snow followed by five days of clear sunshine. Oh look, there is a pattern after all!

[crestlineskyscarf]

Queued for Monday

Just wanted to let everyone know that the weekends are a bit busy around here, so Friday, Saturday, and Sunday's posts (and stripes!) will be up on Monday. It's been an interesting start, lots of stripes at the very beginning!

[crestlineskyscarf]

It stuck.

[crestlineskyscarf]

It's snowing! It may not stick, but I'm calling it now. Sparkly blue stripe it is! It's one in the morning, technically it's the 8.

[crestlineskyscarf]

Lightly raining today, everything is damp but the sky doesn't look that different from yesterday so here is our dirt and the tree in the wet. Grey for precipitation that isn't snow,and not thunderstorms. You can just barely see the pattern beginning to line up in the white rows, now that they're a bit farther from the needle. The beginning stages of this pattern don't look great, but it had a wonderful texture when it builds on itself. I always have this urge to get a scarf past the square stage and into something that has a bit of length (and therefore looks like a scarf) as soon as possible, so this will be an exercise in patience. May 7, 2015 Temperature: 50 F Wind Speed: around 17mph Humidity: according to Google about 42%

[crestlineskyscarf]

There is this wonderful phenomenon that I have sort of seen other places but never so often as up here. The fog is so thick that it is misting, there are occasional scattered raindrops but mostly it’s just condensation dripping off the leaves of the tree in the side lot. As we walk up the stairs the automatic light comes on clearly showing the bits of cloud we ascend through to reach the main level of the house.

It’s absolutely beautiful. I think I have a new favorite kind of weather.

[crestlineskyscarf]

Cast on! Knit the first two rows today. Google seems to think it’s sunny and clear, but obviously not so much. :) May 6, 2015 Temperature: 52 degrees F at 1:30PM Wind Speed: around 13mph Humidity: around 10% Sky: Cloudy, no signs of clearing up It’s supposed to snow early in the morning on Friday, we’ll see if it does!

[crestlineskyscarf]

Debut Tomorrow

I have finally acquired a blue! It is a decent blue, and it has some cashmere in it so it's washable, too. The first month here has been... fraught with all sorts of things to say the least, but I'm looking forward to starting this project.

[crestlineskyscarf]

No box today, the Post Office has decided that they can't deliver this one and we have to go pick it up.  Mind you this is after the last two came through just fine.  

The house is in the final stage of escrow, we're pretty much done except for the waiting.  More waiting, yay!

[crestlineskyscarf]

Box #2, I had high hopes for this one but all the blues are rejects. (The light sparkly blue was a long shot anyway, though I might save it back for days when it's snowing.) One more order is on the way, with various blues that are not Stroll yarn, and a skein of Bare in case none of those work, either.

[crestlineskyscarf]

The yarn came! A couple colors were darker or much more green than were useful for this project, so I've got a few more blue shades coming. The main sky color might even be variegated or sparkly!

[crestlineskyscarf]

Pulled the trigger on the yarn order, and a project bag and a new pair of needles to go with it.  :)  I went with Stroll for the wash-ability, and with 200+ yards per skein I shouldn't run out.  I hope...  Just got to pay attention to the blues and pick the best match each day.

(I know, I know, sock yarn isn't superfine but the bag was cute and knocked it over the free shipping threshold.)

[crestlineskyscarf]

We are in escrow! Inspections on Tuesday, if all goes well the house can be ours in 1-3 months.

[crestlineskyscarf]

Well, slap me silly because it turns out I vastly overestimated how long this was going to take.  Escrow is scheduled to close February 17, and then the current owners have 5 days to move out.  We'll have pretty much all of March to fix the place up and move in.  I need to order some yarn!

[crestlineskyscarf]

We are in escrow! Inspections on Tuesday, if all goes well the house can be ours in 1-3 months.

[crestlineskyscarf]

Which Pattern?

Well, watching the videos the scarf actually produced by the laceweight yarn looks very short, so sock yarn should work just fine.  Now I just need to see if I'm going to commit to the Palette or try for a different yarn with a good multitude of blues and grays.  Malabrigo seems a bit too busy, but a good semi-solid might be great.

Now for the pattern, do I stick with the basic garter stitch, or try something else?  I do like the feather and fan examples I've seen, but I've never actually knit that pattern.  Grater stitch is great, and there's absolutely no chance of forgetting the pattern.  But perhaps an old favorite, the farrow rib would do.  I can practically knit that one in my sleep, and I think it will have the advantage of the edge being set back slightly.  With a heavily variegated yarn it can look busy, but it might add visual interest to the scarf.