mittens

This cable mitten pattern is also from 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders, pg. 140. I knit the pink ones last year, in bebe cotsoy (50% soy, 50% cotton) in 8" circumference and I knit the white ones last weekend in some leftover acrylic in 7" circumerference. The cuff is knit in a twisted rib pattern and the cable pattern is extended all the way to the fingertips.

I really really do not like synthetic fibers. That acrylic is gross. I mean, its SO cheap though, and I had a pattern for a shrug that called for it, so I tried it, but its so dense and almost sticky. I didn't save the label, but it came in a huge ball so I wanted to use up the rest so as not to waste it. Some of the Paton yarn i've used has some synthetic fibers blended in so they are not so bad, but I really do not like to buy the stuff.

Smock-a-Ruche Scarf

This pattern is from 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders, pg. 196. It starts with 96 cast on stitches, decreased to 48, and then stockinette stitch in between the pattern stitches. The ruching is made by decreasing and then increasing before and after the pattern. I used size 9 (5.5mm) and 10.5 (6.5mm) needles. The smaller needles are only used for the cast on and bind off edges. The yarn I used is Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted hand dyed yarn in #76 Aslan (lot 3075, 225 yd). Its 100% superwash wool. Although the pattern says to repeat 8 times, I only had enough yarn to repeat 6 times so its a bit short... believe me, when I say I had 'just enough' yarn, I literally had to weave in ends with a crochet hook because the yarn ends were so short. I used every little bit of the one skein. Anyway, the yarn is very soft and fluffy and the ruching makes it very thick and warm.