Desperation

It's been raining hard here in Davis, and it's getting a mite nippy for my tastes. So I've started a scarf in the round for myself. It's in a dark, peacock color and a light, sky/winter blue color. I planned to do them in equal sized blocks. Then I realized that it would be harder than it looked. I knew that the stitch gauge was just about the same for both yarns, but I didn't check row gauge.

Then I started having gauge problems. I did the math for both sections after I noticed that the two blocks were of different sizes. Both were 6 roundss to an inch, so 26 roundss in one would equal 26 rounds in the other, right? Apparently not. Clearly, I was mistaken somehow, perhaps I was a quarter of a stitch off or something, but the sizes were still clearly different. So I measured again, the length of the peacock colored block was about 4.5 inches instead of 4.73 inches as calculated. But, I rolled with the punches, and measured the winter blue block. 5 inches. So I frogged back about 4 rows so that I would be somewhere in the ballpart of 4.5 inches. I was at 4 inches. So I just shrugged then knit the rounds back. Then it was back to 5 inches. I swear on my yarn that I had a very interesting "skip" in my knitting, just like there are in scratched CDs. A break in the time-space continuum. Something... But it has finally worked itself out with much flinging of tape measures and pillows.

I'm worried about this project and what it will do for my sanity.

Pattern:
In A, CO 42 sts, pm, join
Knit 26 rounds
Break A, switch to B
Knit 24-ish rounds
Repeat until length desired.

I love these plain, vanilla, stockinette scarves. Love them.

Replacement Scarf

I really, really honestly thought that I had uploaded the pattern to my replacement scarf, but I guess that I never really got around to it since the new quarter started and there were a few doubts in my mind about the goodness of the project. But since I have actually come a long way on this project, it really would be such a shame to frog it, especially since people have told me that it is rather cute. Nevermind that it is spring in Davis now and I really have no particular need for it, but remember, boys and girls, winter comes again every year.

I'm using the left over yarn from other projects, so to be honest, I'm not really 100% sure about the yarn requirements, but this is just a guess.

Materials:
- 5 US 7 dpn
- 2 balls Patons Classic Merino Wool: Winter White (A)
- 2 balls Plymouth Encore Worsted Weight Yarn: Navy Blue (B)
- 2 balls Ella Rae Worsted Weight Yarn: Red (I'll look it up later) (C)
- Yarn needle
- Crochet Hook

Directions: (Realizing that I nearly typed in "Procedure" like in a chemistry lab report make me a little sad inside)

1. In C, CO 48 stitches and divide evenly between 4 needles (12 sts per needle). pm.
2. Join round.
3. Work striping pattern until you get so sick and tired of it you want to set it on fire, or work until length desired.
4. BO and weave in ends. To be honest, I just let the ones in the middle dangle.
5. Make and attach fringe using the crochet hook.
http://z.about.com/d/crochet/1/0/f/Q/swsk62005fringe.jpg

Striping pattern:
24 rounds in C
8 Rounds A
4 Rounds B
8 Rounds A
24 Rounds C
8 Rounds A
4 Rounds C
8 Rounds A

The End!

It's very basic and it's just a replacement for the other scarf that I made that randomly disappeared. I am very distraught over its loss, but it happens sometimes. C'est la vie. Still think that la vie is super unfair though...