School Picture Scarf By Rebecca Hatcher
A couple of years ago, a friend gave me a skein of handpainted cashmere yarn. Tiny but gorgeous. I petted it for months, trying to figure out how to stretch it into an entire Something. After some trial and error, I combined it with a matching solid yarn, and feather-andfanned my way though a scarf, alternating the handpaint and the solid. I knit the wrong side rows after the eyelets to make the handpaint stand out as ridges on the front. For some reason, this scarf really impresses non-knitters (always a plus for gifts). It's relaxing to knit, and it does indeed stretch little skeins of fabulous yarn into entire Somethings. And it seems to go more quickly than one-yarned feather and fan.
DIFFICULTY Easy SIZES One Size FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Width: 6 inches Length: 60 inches
MATERIALS
Approximately 100 yards fingering or sport weight handpainted yarn Approximately 100 yards fingering or sport weight matching solid yarn Needles 2-3 sizes larger than you would usually use with this yarn Darning needle for ends
School Picture Scarf By Rebecca Hatcher
Pictured: Mountain Colors Cashmere in Ladyslipper, 95 yards/ 1 oz ball. 1ball. Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in color #609, 137 yards/ 50 gram ball. 1ball. US size 7, 4.5 mm needles GAUGE 16 stitches/20 rows $=$ 4 inches/10 cm
ABBREVIATIONS K2tog $=$ knit two stitches together $\mathsf{Y O}=$ yarnover DIRECTIONS Using solid yarn, cast on 24 sts. P 1 row. Work in feather and fan, using the handpainted yarn for rows 1 and 2 and the solid yarn for rows 3 and 4. Do not cut the other yarn—-just carry it loosely up the side. Row 1 (RS): [k2tog] twice, [k1, yo] 4 times,[k2tog] 4 times,[k1, yo] 4 times, [k2tog] twice Row 2 (WS): K all sts Row 3: K all sts Row 4: k1, p to last st, k1 Repeat these 4 rows until scarf reaches desired length, ending on Row 3. Bing off all sts using solid yarn. @2006 Rebecca Hatcher for The Garter Belt Design Team. The Garter Bet site and all content, including patterns, pictures, graphics and text are the property of The Garter Belt Design Team and its member designers. Ali rights reserved. Patterns are available for personal use only. No unauthorized reproduction, in whole or in part, or distribution of patterns or site content, including text, graphics, pictures, or logos is allowed. No commercialreproduction of garments from Garter Belt Design Team patterns allowed without prior permission from the designers. If you are in doubt about an intended usage, just ask! We won't bite.
