birches in winter scarf

Here is the current scarf project.

My friend at Rustique Gallery keeps referring to winter as Black and White, and my friend at Ixchel Bunny keeps referring to duality.

So here is my black and white and shades of gray scarf. .

Imagine the birch tree bark, with the deep pure snow in the background.

Take Two sticks, and call me in the morning.

Give a boy/girl scout two sticks and the scout will give you fire!

Give a knitter two sticks and the knitter will give you something to keep you warm!

Difference is you can cuddle the thing the knitter makes, and oogle the colors for years! Pass it on to someone else, also! And in this day of consciousness about sustainability!!!??? Well, you can remake the item, or frog it and reuse the yarn, etc.!

Yes, I am knitting again! This time for the neighbor that helped me move and helped to fix my antique bureau. I love saying 'Thank You' this way!

Mary Alice B. suggested the stitch pattern, and I am using natural colors of charcoal, gray and white. These are WEBS yarns, cause if I took the time to spin for this project, it would be mid-spring before I finished knitting.

And, one thing leads to another... I am already planning to crochet a curtain for the entry door window in mohair, in periwinkle blue and related tones. I'll have to reteach myself to crochet, also.

So all this means that I am in pain, locked up with 'knitter's neck'. Yes, the peaceful, quiet art of knitting has it's injuries, also!

I went to 'drop in' knitting and crochet at Webs today for the first time! The ladies are making spring garments! Proof that there will be spring!

Just Keep Knitting...

and knitting, and knitting.

Have I learned anything? Sure!

I am now 1/3 of the way, and so tedious!

I spin fine, and now I'm learning that it

takes forever, and fine knitting skills to work with

fine yarn.

Needed 5's for the brown.

I have been spinning for many years, and not used

much of my own yarn. sold plenty, though.

My first homespuns, I wove into a rug. This is my second time knitting with my homespun.

Must invest in smaller needles!

My life is so disrupted. In all this moving, my Knitting Tote with 80% of my needles has gone

missing!

This is truly a 'primitive' scarf.

Return to spinning and knitting! Yeah!

Spinning and knitting again! Had to relearn to knit.
I am soooo spoiled by my homespun yarns!
Can't keep my fingers out of it!

Making a neck scarf to keep Ernie warm.
He wanted the colors of the woods, and nothing
bright. So I am working in sage, spruce, browns,
grays with a touch of blue and white.

Most of this yarn was spun in his apartment a
few years ago on my old faithful Louet S75.
I included some of Honey Bunny in with Alpaca
from a trip to the Northeast Alpaca Farm in
Whately, MA. The registered shetland was from
Cairn Farm in Vt.

Ernie was friends with Honey Bunny, and helped me
to bury him on his land.

The scarf will consist of this and lots of Merino.
This is all spun for the project on the Majacraft.
Yes, we are getting along better now!

I will have photos soon of it in progress.

It is all a simple KPKPKPK for each row.
This gives a wonderful texture! And Reversible!
Most of the 2 ply yarn is DK size, so I am working on
6's, and it is slow.

This brought me to a need to know which patterns were
reversible...? There is a book out there, but I wanted a
simpler guide. Am I formulating ideas for a beginners
guidebook?

My new neighbor asked me to teach her to knit.
I had never done that before, and it was great fun!
We tried to watch 'Out of Africa' at the same time!