Bandwagon Scarf

Pattern: Noro Striped Scarf by Jared Flood
Needle size: 4.5mm
Yarn: Noro Silk Garden 2 balls each of 272 and 245

I started this in the spring and after spurts of work on it over the summer have finally finished it in time for the colder weather.

Apart from 1 shade of brown I love the two colourways of this yarn and the way that the colours have fallen together.

The yarn was lovely to knit and the 1x1 rib has given a nice dense fabric which will keep my neck toasty warm in the winter.

The finished project is a little scratchy but hopefully a wash will sort that out.

The only issue that I had was that the first two balls of yarn were of differing lengths. I don't know whether this was due to a small ball or a large ball as I had no way of telling without ripping back and weighing them. Life is definitely too short for that. It did leave me with a little fudge at the end as I was determined not to waste any!

I just have to wait for the cold weather now so that I show off my flash new scarf.

Jumping on the Bandwagon

I've wanted to make one of these scarves for a while. I'd seen a few on Ravelry and in the blog-o-sphere that I really liked. However, having spent a number of hours looking at the yarn on the internet I just couldn't commit to buying without seeing it in person.

I don't think the colour variations within each ball can be fully appreciated upon a screen. I needed to touch the yarn and compare colourways in the flesh, so to speak.

I've been working in North Wales since Christmas and so Stash in Chester is nice and local. I've bought from them online in the past but hadn't been to their store. I had to wait until my show was up and running though as they are, unfortunately, only open during the week.

I cast on and knit this during shows as the 1x1 rib is nice and simple. The stripes lined up really well to begin with but soon ended up too similar in tone. Pale blue and dark blue would be okay together but pale grey and pale blue just ended up looking like big blocks of colour. I decided to rip back and find a point to take out a colour from 1 ball and carry on. In the end I just ended up ripping right back and reballing the yarn. (Sorry I didn't get a picture for contrast before I ripped) I then started working 1 ball from the opposite end to before. Much better this time.

The colour bands fit together much better this way round. I had to put it down again when I went into rehearsals for this current show as my spare time just evapourated. I've spent my days this week cracking on with this project again. The constant colour changes make me want to keep knitting just to see what comes next.

I should have this finished just in time for the better weather!