I kept bugging Jeff to tell me what he wanted me to make for him. (Of course, from the looks of what I've made so far, I'm not surprised he hesitated to ask for anything!) I finally pinned him down to "a scarf, in earth tones." Of course, it couldn't be like any normal scarf -- he wanted a really long one, down to his knees, a la Dr. Who.
Cool.
We settled on a skein of LionBrand HomeSpun in color "olive" and a skein of Bernat Soft Boucle "Earth Shades," which is a lovely blend of chocolate and very dark browns. Each stripe is around 8 inches, although I didn't count the rows, and sometimes one stripe would finish on a right side, while others finished on a wrong side. Oh well. He wears it a lot. I'm proud :)
METHOD:
22 stitches across, on #11 needles. I really just sort of pulled that number out of the air, and as such, the fabric is a tad bit loose, but he says it's warm enough! It certainly drapes well. The colors look good together, especially althernating solid colors and textured ones.
AND WHAT DID WE LEARN?
How to change yarn colors at the end of 8 inch rows. And to remember to count the number of rows I knit.
