Luxury Scarf!

It was last summer on a short little day trip to southern Colorado when my mom and I popped into a really cute little knit shop after lunch. I found this beautiful cashmere blend yarn on sale, so I bought four skeins. I didn't know what I was going to make, but what I did know was that I had to have it.

All I can say is, beware of this reckless, maddening behaviour! I can't tell you how many random skeins of yarn I have in my stash cupboard because of this. 8 skeins of a misty blue wool, three skeins of a thick cotton fuschia, random skeins that I bought in a buying frenzy on eBay. (BIG mistake, that one!)

At any rate, I guess when you're desperate you can always make a scarf, right? And what a scarf this turned out to be! A tight little knit one, purl one rib will give you the illusion of stockinette stitch on both sides and result in a dense, compact texture. Keeping it narrow and making it extra long adds to the hip and luxurious end product.

Last winter, we had our friends Jack and Darci over for dinner. At some point I had pulled out a work in progress to show her, and as the evening went on she sat there cuddling my project (a kitschy, old-fashioned golf club cover) like a well worn stuffed animal. The image is still stuck in my head, and as I felt the plush texture of this beautiful crimson scarf... I knew who the recipient had to be!

Details (needle size, length, width, etc) coming soon....