"Touch of Whimsy"

                                                 CAST ON: 9-10-07                                                            Finished 9-15-07!                                                  

ORIGINAL SCARF DESIGN CREATED by BECCA of Whimsical Knitting Designs

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MY NOTES:

Well, here is 25" of my Touch of Whimsy scarf!  I call it Touch of Whimsy II.

I made adjustment in the cast on, bottom border, and side edges.

I couldn't figure out the "I-Cord Cast On" directions, and I just got tiredof fighting with it. 

(There is an I-Cord Tutorial on the designers website,but I didn't see it in time.  Doh.) 

I also changed the side edges from the original design, because I couldn't figure out the

"Mrs. Modesitt's" 3 st border for both ends of the rows. 

Sigh.  Ever have a day like that?

So I cast on normally, and worked  6 rows of seed stitch.

After that, RS facing...here are my next two rows, as a "set-up" for the actual pattern:

Slip 1 (edge stitch) / Seed 3 / Knit 2 /  P2, Knit 20, P2 /  Knit 2 / Seed 3 / K or P 1 at the end.

(Of course, on the WS you will reverse the K and P directions.  Just Knit the Knits, and Purl the Purls.)

After that, my first RS pattern row was like this: 

Slip 1 (edge stitch) / Seed 3 / Knit 2 / Pattern normally for the center 24 st / Knit 2 / Seed 3 / K or P 1 at the end.

(Directions in Red are my adjustments to the edges at each end.)

I will knit another Touch of Whimsey scarf, using the original design. 

I have since figured outhow to do the I-Cord Cast On.  WhoooHooo!

It is really lovely, especially when the yarn is a solid color!

BELOW:

A true rendering of the colorations in good lighting.  I really like the pattern changes using this yarn!The cables remind me of vines and leaves.  The seed stitch reminds me of earth and pepples.  A very BOTANICAL, EARTHY scarf!

Here is the edge that is created by using the "slip 1" at the beginning of each row.  At the end of the row, just Knit 1 on the RS, and Purl 1 on the WS.  Be sure to slip the stitches carefully, so as NOT TO TWIST them.

Slip them Purlwise, not Knitwise.

MY YARN

(very soft)

One Skein produced 25" in length.

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