I was recently asked to rework my Fishbone Lace Scarf in Quince's Piper for sale on their website, Quince and Company. I have followed Pam Allen's work for decades....since we lived in Hawaii where I bought American Knits from the newly opened Barnes and Nobles in downtown Hilo in 1994. Pam had a wonderful pieced knit coat, hat and mittens that were modeled on her lovely young daughter. I was doing a fair amount of knitting at that time, but it had to be shipped back to the nieces and nephews in Maine, of course. Not a lot of demand for woolen mittens and socks in Hawaii. I have had an ongoing need for knitting, however, since I learned at the age of 4 in order to maintain my equanimity in the face of .... life stuff. You know how they say that knitting is therapeutic? I require daily therapy so the knitting takes place whether I am living in the tropics or in Maine. I have continued to follow Pam Allen's career as the editor of and a prolific contributor to Interweave Knits through the start up of her yarn company Quince which is located here in Portland, Maine. This is also, conveniently enough, the location of my home and Threads of Meaning studio since we purchased it in 2009.
I was surprised and very pleased to be asked to contribute something to the Quince endeavor. This scarf is knit up with one skein of Pam's Piper in the soft rose color Odessa. Knit in this fine 50/50 Texas mohair/merino blend one skein makes a beautifully airy, long, luxurious scarf about 7x60 inches. Two skeins would make a scarf twice as wide, twice as long or 1/3 wider (about 11 inches) and half again as long (say 90 inches). This single ply yarn knits easily on size 7 needles with no catching or awkwardness and the pattern itself is very simple. It is an excellent project for a first time lace knitter since you have a "working" row, followed by a purl row, and then another "working row" followed by a knit row. In other words you have resting rows in between the attention paying rows which is soothing and therapeutic. You can purchase the pattern through Ravelry, or by visiting the Quince website where you can also pop over to buy the yarn. There are some lovely colors in Piper. I knit up this sample for them but am considering knitting up one for me in the Teal hand dyed to go with my grey wool winter coat.
I was surprised and very pleased to be asked to contribute something to the Quince endeavor. This scarf is knit up with one skein of Pam's Piper in the soft rose color Odessa. Knit in this fine 50/50 Texas mohair/merino blend one skein makes a beautifully airy, long, luxurious scarf about 7x60 inches. Two skeins would make a scarf twice as wide, twice as long or 1/3 wider (about 11 inches) and half again as long (say 90 inches). This single ply yarn knits easily on size 7 needles with no catching or awkwardness and the pattern itself is very simple. It is an excellent project for a first time lace knitter since you have a "working" row, followed by a purl row, and then another "working row" followed by a knit row. In other words you have resting rows in between the attention paying rows which is soothing and therapeutic. You can purchase the pattern through Ravelry, or by visiting the Quince website where you can also pop over to buy the yarn. There are some lovely colors in Piper. I knit up this sample for them but am considering knitting up one for me in the Teal hand dyed to go with my grey wool winter coat.
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