I have finished the knitting of lacy Scarf. It took me almost one month. I was big slow. Half of my energy was spent on knitting a cardigan with another kind of yarn, which was much more exciting and requires more attention. Anyway my attitude toward this scarf was like toying with some old yarn and playing with something unimportant. I didn’t set any time frame for this project. Whenever I felt boring, I picked it up and knitted several rows; a while later when I felt bored again, I put it down and do something else.

That’s why the project has been held up. There was a while I completely forgot it and the work nearly was at a full stop. Actually knitting the main part of this scarf was a bit boring. It’s made of 16 rows’ fairly easy pattern, which needs to be repeated for 16 times. As there is no requirement for shaping, increasing or decreasing on the edges, I knitted and knitted, always feeling sleepy. The yarn I use is a bit old and yucky, and the colour of yarn is pure smoky grey, not cheerful for an ordinary knitter like me at all. The only thing I felt lucky was that I used 5.5mm needles as instructed on the book, which is big enough to make the knitting not too slow.

The pattern of this scarf is from “Knitting in No Times”. The lace pattern is simple yet pretty. But I enjoyed knitting the edging the most. The whole scarf appeared dramatically different after I sew the knitted edging into the place (around the whole four edges of the scarf). It’s like the sticking-out part of dinosaur’s back. But with soft mohair yarn, it gives you no such scary feelings at all but a bit funny texture and a nice vintage look in overall. It’s good to wear it around the neck, and arrange the edgings or corners nicely over the light colour’s plain office shirts or something shimmery like silk blouses or a top with simple and small lace design, or simply wear it on bare shoulders, as grey goes well with anything. I haven’t pressed it yet; I hope with a bit of pressing, the scarf would look even neater and better.