Promised photos of my partner's Slytherin scarf

[untonuggan]

Note: If I'm slow responding to your comment or post, I have a backlog as I was offline today due to a line of thunderstorms and a tornado watch. Nothing was damaged or anything, but I had the compies off just in case.

I swear, knitting scarves "the long way" really does make it go a lot faster. Although I have noticed that - I think due to the weight of the yarn on the needles affecting tension - my gauge swatches always lie. My swatch, which was definitely at least 4"x4", said my gauge was 3.75 sts/in. I got closer to 3.2 in the actual knitted item. Whoops. Fortunately, scarf, not much to worry about. Good to keep in mind for sweaters though.

So my partner's "this'll be a quickie, 53" scarf" turned into a 63" scarf by accident. \o/

Yarn is Berocco Ultra Alpaca, I know the Slytherin silver is more gray than silver but I think it does the job. I can find the ball bands and give people colorways if they're interested, but I have no idea where my partner put them at the moment.




63" green and silver striped scarf with four stripes (two of each color) and a thin stripe of each at the edge where the cast off and cast on are. The stripes go the length of the scarf rather than the width.


Close up of front of scarf


Close up of back of scarf, where striping pattern appears slightly different because of the nature of garter stitch - the stripes overlap slightly
I'm currently working from a pattern for a change. I'm knitting that Color Infection shawl thing that the Yarn Harlot kept talking about after Sock Camp. (Really it's called "Color Affection"). I think I'm just enjoying garter stitch stripes, although OMG the section at the beginning where there is only one color was driving me a bit batty. I was all, "Let me at the fun paaaart!" And my partner was like, "This is just going to be the same with stripes." And I was like, "No, it's going to be awesome."

So yeah, I took ages deciding on colors and eventually I settled on some which shall remain secret for now so I don't have second thoughts and go back to mucking about with sock yarn in my stash.

This is all because the weather is changing and my shoulders were cold and I thought, "A shawl! That is just what I need!"

P.S. I did think ahead and pick colors that I wear frequently, so my shawl can match.

Comments

[dark_kana]

The scarf looks AWESOME !!! :-)

[untonuggan]

Thank you!

[chalcopyrite]

I like the lengthwise-stripy scarf! The shawl looks lovely, and fun to knit.

[untonuggan]

Thank you!

The shawl is pretty fun, plus the construction is interesting later on so I'm looking forward to the short row section...and I'm on to the stripes now so hopefully the color changes will keep me entertained.

[lynnoconnacht]

Awesome scarf is awesome! I think the grey works perfectly well for silver. ^-^

Oooooh, matching shawl! Exciting!

[untonuggan]

EeeeEeeeEEEeeee

That is how I feel both about the scarf and the shawl.

Thank you for sharing in my excitement.

[lynnoconnacht]

Excitement is awesome to share in! Thank you for sharing your excitement so I could share in it in the first place. (We're... going to get very circular here, I think. But you're very welcome for my sharing in your excitement. It brightened up my day massively.)

And that is a great way to feel about the scarf and the shawl! They look and sound amazing! <3

[pipisafoat]

Storms everywhere! I'm glad all my people were safe, even if most of us got knocked offline a time or time. You sound like you took the sensible path in being off in the first place.

I like the scarf! Super fun. Hooray pictures!

[untonuggan]

Yeah, at times I regretted it because I was all, but online is a fun place! But DNW fry computers. Glad most people I know are safe, as far as I know.

My partner is in raptures over the scarf, partly because she (I think in a rather Slytherin-like-manner) didn't have to knit it herself...I just admired the yarn and she said shew as thinking of getting rid of it because she didn't have the patience to knit the scarf. Bait taken. ;)

\o/

Thanks for appreciating the pictures. It means a lot to the knitterly process to have a cheering squad.

[spaceoperadiva]

I love your grey and green. Reminds me of sage plants. How do you manage the bulk? This is the same reason why I've never completed an afghan as well. I get all befuddled by all that stuff on my needles. :/

[untonuggan]

Well, it was only 5" wide at finish, so while it was getting a tad cumbersome towards the end it wasn't bad overall. And mostly I just squashed the yarn down on the needles. I used 24" needles because that was what was handy and it fit on there quite well (which was why I was so surprised at the length of the scarf!). At the end of every row I'd kind of flip it around to make sure it wasn't getting all twisted, but if it were it wasn't a big deal because it's not like it's joined in the round. Also, I sized up on needles (since the needles on the ball bands are for sweaters, you tend to get better drape for scarves with a higher size I am told), so it was easier for the scarf to fold I'm guessing. I used US 9s for worsted weight yarn, if that gives you an idea (final gauge 3.2 sts/in)

I don't know if that helps?

Oh, also, major tip: I put a stitch marker every 50 stitches so I would have a milestone as to how far along I'd gone on the giant row, so I could motivate myself to keep going and it didn't seem like it was taking so long.

[spaceoperadiva]

It does help, thanks. Especially the stitch marker thing.

[untonuggan]

I used a different colored stitch marker for the halfway point, by the way, so I could celebrate midway.

P.S. And my gauge swatches have both been lying liars who lie on these sideways scarves, so be warned. I figure that I can always pick up stitches at the end and knit a border or something if it's too short, but so far for both of them my tension has gotten looser because of the weight.

[spaceoperadiva]

I don't knit well enough to be very good with gauges. If it turns out in the vague neighborhood of where the gauge swatch seemed to indicate, I feel very accomplished. :-D

[untonuggan]

That's basically how I feel about gauge, too. :D

[31stcentury]

yay scarf! it looks super cozy.
and also yay shawl in progress! hurray making things!

[untonuggan]

Hee, I know for a fact it is warm because I kept getting too hot while I was knitting it in the car (in 80 degree weather).
Hurray making things indeed! So much fun!

[lhune]

W00T The scarf is totally awesome ♥ ♥ ♥

[untonuggan]

♥ You back, thanks for the compliment! My partner is really happy with it. \o/

[cadenzamuse]

AWESOME. Are you a Slytherin as well?

I have always been a Hufflepuff, and it took until I was in college to accept that this was a good thing, not an insult. Which...of course, then I graduated and met Hot Guy, who is the most claw-ful of Ravenclaws, and I think if I were sorted again now, I have shifted enough personality-wise to be a Ravenclaw now myself. Either way, I think I'll always be rather close to the Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff border, and will shift back and forth across it. (I imagine in grad school, the 'claw will take over, but doing actual social work and/or ministry, the 'puff will assert itself.)

...and now I have made this post All About Me. AWESOME SCARF IS AWESOME *sparkle sparkle fadeaway*

[untonuggan]

I'm always interested to hear what Houses people are in! (should houses be capitalized? I wonder. But I digress.)

Pottermore says I'm a Gryffindor, which is funny to me because I was totally expecting Hufflepuff or maybe Ravenclaw. I do rather identify with Hermione at times...at least, my school-self is rather Hermione-ish. Unfortunately for anyone in my path.

Glad you liked the scarf!

[erika]

I like this because I am a Slytherin. >_>

But also because the scarf is AWESOME. I am jealous! If I didn't already own a slytherin scarf, I'd be gagging for one now!

[untonuggan]

Hey, Slytherins are very useful to have around. Especially if you need to find a loophole, like, [warning for video game babble] "How can I get one point of reputation with this faction without having to organize a dungeon run?" Slytherin partner's solution: two druids stealth to the end of dungeon; find mobs of low hit point characters in the entrance to a boss's den; kill one mob and then resurrect in the graveyard. \o/ (Totally not how you're "supposed" to play WoW. Which I don't play anymore, because it's not sandbox-y enough.)

Glad you like the scarf! It was a lot of fun to knit, and I'm kind of amazed at how quickly it went by doing it the long way. I think because it cuts out the switching back and forth as often. I don't know.

Maybe you need a Slytherin hat...