Yarn magazine issue 42: Makin’ it BIG

Yarn magazine issue 42 has just come out with my article on Knitting Big.  It was a very enjoyable and interesting one to write.

As part of the article, I arm knitted a scarf using 72ply wool from Nundle Mills.

Here’s the scarf from the magazine

I confess I never wore the scarf -it lay draped over the back of the sofa long after I’d photographed it and submitted the article.  It was a long hot summer, but when the weather cooled I found it was quite a heavy object to wear around one’s neck.  I caught my children playing “escape from a desert island”, using it to haul themselves to safety.

Without any regrets (for something that took me less than an hour to make), I decided to unravel it.  The wool is very beautiful but it was expensive and I wanted to use it to make something that would get worn.

I wound the wool back into two balls…

…and knitted it into a triangular-ish shaped shawl using 25mm needles.

Thought a shawl would be useful for wearing over my shoulders at the computer.  The knitted texture is wonderfully deep and cushion-y, and the whole thing is very stretchy.

The shawl laid out on the concrete. Husband thought it looked like a giant pair of knickers.

Here’s the pattern, fresh from my notebook:

Cheers!