Moose River Scarf

[legalmoose]

I got a bunch done this evening on the moose river scarf I'm working on. Over one full repeat of the full pattern done, so I'm about 75% done — half way through the sixth repeat (of eight), so just 2.5 more repeats to go, then the ribbing, bind off, and done. At the pace I've been going this week, I should have it all done before the holidays, which is good, since it's been on the needles for two years now (thank you, shoulder surgery, and general laziness). Also good because I have a couple more in the queue now, with new yarn ready to go. ;) I think the next one will be Cinder, in a bulky yarn on 10.5 needles (for the non-knitters, this means it's thick yarn and big needles, and should knit up pretty quickly). I've eyed that one for a while, and the yarn shop I went to in Alexandria on Sunday for the men's knitting group had the pattern available as a single (as opposed to buying a whole book), and a knitted example to ogle and feel, which just sealed it to be the next project. 

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[susandennis]

i had to click into that Moose River Scarf ravelry page to see if that pattern was a The Stephen West pattern. It's so tame and symmetric and monocolor for him! i love his stuff but this scarf is probably something i would actually knit... hmmmm

[legalmoose]

It's a pretty good pattern, and I think it's one of his early ones. I actually have it in book form (West Knits Book 3, 2012), with a sticky on the opposite page from the pattern so I can write down which row I stop on. It's involved enough that you have to keep the pattern at hand - eight row pattern, with six different rows (3&4 and 7&8 repeat), but not so much that you can't zone out a little bit with TV. I started it with a tubular cast on, and I'll look up the matching bind off when I finally get done, so it'll be nice and stretchy on the ends.

[susandennis]

It does look like fun... I usually transfer patterns like that to a spreadsheet. For notes and stuff. But, I would just never wear it. I might make it anyway :)