Fickle fingers scarf finished

Just in time for the spring weather I finished a cosy woollen scarf! It is the Fickle Fingers scarf from Interweave Knits magazine Winter 2005 with a couple of modifications.

I used the recommended Zitron Ethno in #10 multicoloured, but used 3 balls instead of 2 to get a longer scarf. After restarting a few times because I didn't like the tension or the width of the scarf, I switched down to 5mm needles and used 17 stitches in the set up row instead of 19. The fingers are created by casting on and casting off 5 stitched at the beginning of each row. The main body of the scarf is in moss stitch. The Ethno was interesting to stitch with and the resulting scarf is very cuddly and warm (especially now the weather has warmed up!).

Introducing Jasper

Last weekend we went to visit my parents and met Jasper their new dog. He's gorgeous! They rescued him from the RSPCA a couple of weeks ago. Jasper is a springer spaniel and he's about 5 years old. He was up for adoption because his previous owner died. He was wary of us when we first arrived, but we soon made friends with him.


One of my next projects will be this lace scarf from Gathering Roses by Louisa Harding. I'm using Sari Ribbon in a light blue/green/beige colourway shot with a silver sparkle. It will be a present for my Nanna.


An update on the Daisy scarf: it's a disaster! I started knitting it and my cluster 5s did not look right at all. When I emailed Rowan they even sent me a swatch to show what the daisy stitch should look like and it wasn't anything like mine! I might take it along to my knitting group to see if anyone there can point me in the right direction.