Thus I took a break from knitting my sweaters. My last 2 projects shown here turned out really nice...Pan Am Indigo jacket was done in a KAL (always fun, but I finished first). And Because I'm A Gemini finally put to use some older yarn, and gave me plenty of room to modify for fun!
Both of these had particularly interesting backs...
So, FIRST is a scarf for DH. He wanted SIMPLE, no frills, manly, not scratchy wool. What I wanted to do was something reversible, nice on both sides. I'm really happy with what I ended up with. The cables are reversible, as each cable has half-knit and half-purl stitches, so when you cross them...it looks like it travels with knit stitches on top on BOTH "right" sides! Made in an organic cotton/wool blend, DH says his Palindrome Scarf is soft.
Can hardly wait to see him in it!
For mine, I decided I wanted to use Mirasol Nuna, a sport weight yarn, so it would not be bulky. And rather than a hat and scarf (that could blow away or be left behind), a long cowl can be worn long and draped, doubled around the neck, or covering the head and neck at once. To get warmth, a slipped stitch pattern works. But I don't want an "ugly" wrong side...I want reversible. Having just done all those cables in DH scarf...I never considered doing cables in my own!
The journey was a little more painful that I had anticipated. After all...the Pan Am Jacket was a HUGE project, that had its forward, and backward, times. For my scarf, I started out with a Slipped Stitch Honeycomb pattern, but it was designed for a heavier yarn. In my yarn, it was pretty, but tiny, and the wrong side not as nice. SOO...I decided to make bands of it with slips on front, then slips on back, and that was really NICE. I also wanted to use some lefter Nuna yarn colors...and that was NICE also. At the center, wanted some change. At first I tried this Indian Cross Stitch that would have been fabulous...except it involved all these YO that cinched closed on my circular needle cables, and then I couldn't slip them onto my needles! I literally had to CUT THEM ALL OFF! Try again...found a variation of a stitch, that when combining with alternating knit and purls, comes out really pretty AND reversible. Voila! I have my new scarf.
And I wrote up the pattern as a Free Ravelry Download, calling it the Got No Wrong Side Cowl . At least this one doesn't require sizing!
