Showing posts with label fickle fingers scarf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fickle fingers scarf. Show all posts

Fickle Fingers, FO.





Yarn: Noro Blossom 15, three skeins
Needles: Clover Takumi Bamboo straights, US 9
Pattern: Fickle Fingers (Fat Fingers Variation) by Gayle Roehm from Winter 2006 IK
Started: 20 Janaury, 2007
Finished: 1 February, 2007

Notes: i love scarves like this--simple and quick but never boring. definitely another keeper much like Edgar. it's ideal for gifting and the perfect antidote to endless rows of lace. i opted for the Fat Fingers variation since i preferred its look.

Fun Fact: this scarf is longer than i am tall! since i'm only 5'2", this isn't that remarkable--lots of things are bigger than me.

bleah, bleah!

due to popular demand i come bearing pictures ("finally," i hear some of you sigh) of the Shetland Triangle. these are not the best pictures (actually this first picture is terrible,) and this is mainly due to my overly excitable and springy circs. still, they give you a general idea of the shawl as it looks right now.

is it a wraith? is it a vampire? is it an uruly shawl that doesn't want to even pretend that it's currently photogenic? well, it's one of the three--you decide. all i know is that i've been neglecting the thing for the past little while (you've heard the excuses before, i know.) excuses or not, i still love this shawl. it's been a long time since i've embarked on a "major" prokject that i've (nearly) seen through to the end that wasn't a pair of mittens or socks. this is also the largest, laciest thing i've ever made, unless you count the relatively undocumented (gotta do something about that) Dainty Bess scarf.

here's a detail of the lace. i told you that it's curling up like a bowl of ramen noodles! to make matters worse, every time i try to stretch it out to better see the pattern it threatens to slip off the needles. at this point i don't even want to joke about that.

finally, as a sort of apology--to whom i'm still not sure, exactly--here's a peek at what i've been up to since yesterday:

it's the Fickle Fingers scarf of last day's post's fame. it's a lot of fun to knit and the Noro ensures that i almost nver get bored...almost.

back at it, then, i have a shawl to finish!

Shetland what?

before you get your hopes up, no, i do not come bearing pictures of my Shetland Triangle shawl. i'm just finishing up the lace border (i'm six rows and a three needle bind off away from freedom) which means that it's high time to nip out to the LYS and grab some Noro Blossom for a new, totally unrelated project. what?

it all makes perfect sense...or not. the trouble started when i ran into the Fickle Fingers scarf in the Winter 2005 edition of IK (scroll down to oogle the fingers.) i'm always on the lookout for simple scarves with fascinating construction that allow me to abuse Noro yarns (ie. Edgar) and i was shocked to learn that this one nearly got past me. luckily the situation has been rectified and here i sit with Japanese needles (Clover Takumi US 9's) and yarn (Noro Blossom 15) in hand. clearly, it's time to finish my shawl. yes.