The yarn used in Jen’s project is a beautiful silk/bamboo called Lorna’s Laces found here ($43.50/skein). I substituted the much-less costly Naturally Caron.com’s Spa silky soft bamboo-blend yarn ($3.74/skein) in the color Ocean Spray found at Jo-Ann’s Fabrics.
From comments left on Finny’s blog, I realized care would be needed with the pattern although it is pretty straightforward. A quick test showed what the problem is—at least for me.
Instructions for the left leaning bias call for: Row 1: K1, * ssk, yo; rep from * to last stitch, end k1.
My count kept being off, so I switched the pattern instruction to this: Row 1: K1, *yo, ssk, rep from * to last stitch, end k1.
The minor revision worked and the scarf knitted up like a dream.
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My new scarf is 7-feet long. The zig-zag lace trellis pattern echoes fishnet which makes this summer scarf perfect for a mermaid.
4 comments:
That turned out so pretty!
And the colour is very mermaidish as well! Beautiful.
Nice call on the yarn swap - $43 for yarn is ridic.
It came out so beautiful - great job adapting the pattern to suit your tastes (and, uh, to make it WORK RIGHT - gah!)
:)
That's absolutely perfect, the color is spectacular. I just crocheted a hat with a different yarn but the same color, and realized it is the best thing ever.
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