The Monet Scarf

This scarf definitely reminds me of water, skies and trees. The pattern I used, although very simple, is very beautiful and gives this scarf a texture of almost like it having ripples. For anyone who wants to achieve this effect, it's k2, p2 for 2 rows and then reverse it to p2, k2 and reverse after another 2 rows, etc. (thanks to Haasome who taught me this). It's a handy pattern for times when you want to maximize your yarn use. I had recently acquired one skein of this beautiful silky, bamboo yarn but I didn't know where to get another (it was from a destash sale) so I had to somehow extend this one skein into a full project. Using a ribbed pattern would require more yarn so using this easy technique maximized the length and width of each stitch.

Anywho, it wasn't until I started to take pictures of it that I realized what it reminded me of: a Monet painting. After several tries to capture the real texture of this scarf, I noticed that the incredibly blurry pictures were actually beautiful..something like a Monet painting.. I'm now in love all over again with this finished piece :)


p.s. For those keeping up with my blog, I did finish one of the pirate wristwarmers! Will be posting pictures of that very soon. This has indeed been a productive weekend crafty-wise.

Labels: artwork, crafty, knitting