April Project of the Month

Sometimes I look around me, and the artist in me just screams to get away from the strictures of "knitting patterns." Not to mention the fact that the economy has us all scrambling to use what we have instead of buying more and more. The natural move for this month's Project of the Month struck me. I took all of the leftover swatches from the past 20 years of knitting and picked the best and the brightest. When sewn together, they created this masterpeice.

In lieu of the more traditional "pattern .pdf" format we have been bringing you for the past year or so, we wanted this project to be more free-form to enable you to really use your creative minds and heart in order to produce a scarf that really speaks to you and for you as a knitter.

In our version, we also included a versatile pleat (aesthetics and function! A knitter's dream!) that not only adds dimensionality, but adds a keyhole function for an alternate means of wearing the scarf.

It's very easy to knit, and I have outlined each square for you below.

First, gather your materials.

Yarn (1 skein each of the following):

Reynold's Saucy in Lemon Yellow

Cascade Pima Silk in Pink

La Gran Mohair in Fuschia

Kohlibi in Burgundy

Noro Iro #18

Caron Simply Soft in Butter Yellow

Donegal Tweed in Black

Manos Clasica in a color that doesn't actually exist but was a prototype sent to Lisa from Uruguay

Manos Clasica #120

Manos Clasica #64

Reynold's Whisky #86

Rowan Scottish Tweed DK (which is discontinued, but you could probably find it on Ravelry)

Summer Tweed in Toast

Kidsilk Haze (held double) in 579

Rowan Cotton Braid 360 Degas

Red Heart in Yellow

Rowan Pure Wool DK in blue

Reynolds Saucy in Aqua
Cascade 220 in Green

Jameison's Shetland Worsted in Mulberry

Needles:

1 pair each single pointed needles in sizes 4through 13.

Notions:

Stitch markers

Intarsia bobbins

3 Safety pins

Darning Needle

Oh, for goodness sakes.

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