Moss and Scribble

Here it is: my mystery handspun project:

Since I bought the wheel I’ve been toying with the idea of giving the former owner something made from yarn I spun on it. I think this might be it. I cast on 11 stitches first, and knit 10 rows of moss stitch. Then I weighed everything and worked out it would make a 60 cm long scarf. Too short. I reckon a scarf needs to be 90cm at the very least. So I ripped and cast on 9 stitches and the maths told me it would be a decent length.

It’s very ‘airy’ moss stitch. I chose larger needles than I’d ordinarily use, so when I got to the lumpier bits of the handspun they wouldn’t be a problem. And moss stitch, being all bobbly, went well with the lumpy yarn.

After the Handspun Scarf was finished, I started this:

The Scribble Knit Shawl. Not seen scribble knitting before? You knit a few rows in a thin yarn, then one in a thick, slubby yarn, on large needles. The slubby yarn looks like scribble:

With the thick and thin yarns being close in colour, the scribbliness isn’t as noticable as it is in examples I’ve seen with brightly coloured slubby yarn matched with black thread. I hadn’t realied how subtle this colour combo would be until I’d done a few rows. But I like it.

3 thoughts on “Moss and Scribble

  1. You’ve been having lots of fun recently with your spinning! And dyeing, and playing…
    Dang that zhivago lace top!

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