I found two skeins of the same yarn on clearance but in different colors. I bought them thinking that I will definitely be able to make a scarf out of these. Lately I have been making scarves working horizontally in several wide rows across. That would be nice, but I decided to challenge myself and make a colorful striped scarf of two rows of postwork and draw the yarn up on the side.
After a false start, a small knotted clump that would take too long to get untangled, I made a chain and started with the gray. When I got to the actual pattern, I did two rows, then switched to the other color so there isn’t a long drag of color and I can just pull the color up to the next row.
A few things I have discovered with this project so far is that two rows of a color is the right amount for a section, because any more than that (for me) the yarn might get tangled up. I’ve only completed about 5 inches of this and am enjoying the project so far, but I’m not sure that this would be something that I would like to do in an afghan because I think I would get tired of the switching colors back and forth.
The benefit of creating this with two skeins and having the colors travel up the side is that this will be the perfect amount of yarn for my tension for this stitch pattern. Self striping yarns are easy to use, but if you want to make something with a specific pattern, that matches your gauge, it doesn’t actually end where you want it to. This way the colors change when I want them to, neatly at the end of the rows. This experiment opens up a world of possibilities. I’ll let you know how it goes and if I’m still as thrilled about the process as I progress on this project.
