Getting loopy...
I made it! I’ve started the fascinating I-cord loop trim that makes up the distinctive end of this scarf.
I wasn’t sure I’d like the charcoal trim on this multi-colored scarf, but I do think it works. And when you factor in the huge amount of black and grey in my wardrobe, it’s useful.
So color? check. Technique? Eh, not so much.
This is one time I wish I had the opportunity to look over someone’s shoulder. The directions are explicit, but like entrelac or turning your first sock heel, you’re prone to read them and go “Huh? Wait, that cant work.”
The trick for me was making sure I did the final “knit 4” after the loop section of the I-cord. Otherwise, you are not at the right spot to pick up the wrapped stitch and bind off where you need to for the inner loop edge. Undoing complicated stitch-work in dark wool is always traumatic, and I confess to several nasty words while doing it the second time. By the third attempt, I nailed it, and did a little victory dance around my couch. No, there isn’t a video. Allow me my dignity.
I made it through the first of the dozen or so loops required.
Only now I’m stressed. I can’t imagine how the tiny ball of yarn I have (25 yards) will make it across all the loops I need. It looks like it can’t possibly be enough, and any restocking I’ll need will have to come all the way from Peoria. Such is the risk of out-of-town knitting. It’s not as if this is a problem Amazon Prime can solve, you know?
Nothing like a little creative “will I make it?” tension to give a clever project a nail-biter of a finale. Stay tuned—anything could happen.
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