A while back, the middle of the summer actually, Otter asked me to make her another scarf. After several trips to look at yarn, she finally decided on black & white. But she wanted sideways stripes instead of lengthwise. I started the scarf and then realized that I'd forgotten to count stitches and after several rows of black & white color changes, I wound up frogging the entire thing and starting over. And this time, I made sure that my rows were al lthe same size! It was a pretty basic mistake, but it meant that Bill's blanket would be getting some black & white yarn on it since I now had several pieces of black & white yarn in varying but small sizes. Here's the finished result of the second attempt:
Close up of the stitches. There are 15 across and it's 3 rows of each color. Well, it was supposed to be - a few of the sets are actually more than three rows because I wasn't paying attention!
This picture was taken before I got finished tailing it. Tailing means that all the little end tails are woven back into the body of the piece so that they don't show. Tailing sometimes takes longer than the actual work to make the piece, especially with small sections like this.
A slightly better close up of the stitches. It's all single stitch which is fast and easy, but smaller. Otter didn't want fringe on this one. I enjoyed making it, but I prefer the lengthwise, triple stitch scarf that I usually make. Just because it's easier! But I did enjoy this one and I'm pleased with how it turned out. Once I got my brain engaged, that is.
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