Last summer Sarah gifted me a skein of the yummiest merino wool and silk blend I have seen so far. It's somewhat purple with some occasional white and red. For the last 6 months or so it lingered in my stash box waiting to be knitted into something that would show off the yarn.

About a week ago when I was going through my basket of hats, scarves and gloves it suddenly came to me - it really wanted to be a scarf. Not just any plain stockinette scarf, something somewhat fancy but neutral enough to be worn with different outfits.

I used my basic triangle shaped scarf pattern, added some lace to the middle and knit on until I ran out of yarn. It grew a lot during blocking but the finished size 44"x24" is exactly the size I was aiming for. Frostberries is also my last FO from 2007. I gotta tell ya, I'd love a cardigan out of this stuff!

Specs

Yarn: Sporfarm Frostberries (hand spun in The Dalles, OR), merino wool and silk blend, 240 yards
Needles: size 7
Pattern: my own
Started: Dec, 25 2007
Finished: Dec, 30 2007

Pattern details

Setup rows
CO 2 sts
Row 1: kfb, k1
Row 2: pfb, p2
Row 3: kfb, k3
Row 4: pfb, p4
Row 5: kfb, k5
Row 6: pfb, p7
Row 7: kfb, k8
Row 8: pfb, p9
Row 9: kfb, yo, k3, k3tog, k3, yo, k1
Row 10: pfb, p11
Row 11: kfb, k1, yo, k2, k3tog, k2, yo, k2
Row 12: pfb, p13
Row 13: kfb, k2, yo, k1, k3tog, k1, yo, k4
Row 14: pfb, p15
Row 16: kfb, pm, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k4, pm, k2
Row 17: pfb, p17

Pattern repeat

All even rows - pfb, purl to the end on the row
Row 1: kfb, knit to the marker, ssk, k3, yo, k3, yo, k3, k2tog, knit to the end of the row
Row 3: kfb, knit to the marker, ssk, k2, yo, k5, yo, k2tog, knit to the end of the row
Row 5: kfb, knit to the marker, ssk, k1, yo, k7, yo, k2tog, knit to the end of the row
Row 7: kfb, knit to the marker, ssk, yo, k9, yo, k2tog, knit to the end of the row
Row 9: kfb, knit to the marker, k1, yo, k4, k3tog, k4, yo, k1, knit to the end of the row
Row 11: kfb, knit to the marker, k2, yo, k3, k3tog, k3, yo, k2, knit to the end of the row
Row 13: kfb, knit to the marker, k3, yo, k2, k3tog, k2, yo, k3, knit to the end of the row
Row 15: kfb, knit to the marker, k4, yo, k1, k3tog, k1, yo, k4, knit to the end of the row
Row 17: kfb, knit to the marker, k5, yo, k3tog, yo, k5, knit to the end of the row
Repeat rows 1-18 until the desired width of the scarf has been reached.

Note: This pattern is suitable for all kinds of yarn from lace weight to bulky.

Just in case you're wondering - the blue tape on those pictures is painters tape. I decided the first day of the year would be appropriate to get some painting done. The color on the wall is called Princess Purple:P

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