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<\/p>\nBlocking has been completed for the Falling Leaves Isosceles Scarf. Like several other projects I’ve had taking up needle space and whatnot of late, this too is a Giant Swatch, which also had a learning goal, that of thinking through some things about triangular shaping. <\/p>\n
Goal 1: Swatch hand-dyed merino\/silk and merino laceweight millspun yarn.<\/b><\/p>\n
To this end, I threw the short skeins that were left over after putting up yarn for dyeing, into the dyeing mix, using low water immersion and getting a variegated autumnlike effect with an overall brown colour containing flashes of bright red and turquoise shades. I had about 100 yards of the merino\/silk, and 150 yards of the merino. <\/p>\n
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The center, with the falling leaves, is merino\/silk, and the outside border with the improvised diamonds, is merino. <\/p>\n
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So, it takes about 250 yards to make a triangle kerchief. <\/p>\n
The big challenge in this one for me was working the border in the round, trying to neatly make both 45-degree and 90-degree mitered corners. All in all, it was a success, and the next thing I do that with, I’ll actually feel confident while I’m doing it that I’ll get the shape I’m after. <\/p>\n
The center was worked point-up, with increases at either side, 2 every right-side row, just inside a garter stitch border that was there for the sake of expediency. Then, I picked up stitches all the way around. I turned a stock mitered 90-degree corner at the bottom point, increasing on either side of the centerline stitch there, every other row; and on the other corners, I increased that way every single row. <\/p>\n
And here it is hanging in the window to let light shine through. It’s very very light; probably under an ounce. <\/p>\n
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