Yarn: Lisa Souza Sock! in “Berry Poppins,” which Becca gave to me for my birthday an embarrassingly long time ago!

Pattern: Cast on about 120. Knit in a tube until you’re worried you’re going to run out. Bind off.

Notes: I started this while on vacation, in case we did any nighttime driving that I wouldn’t be able to see. Then I finished it off when we went to the last Harry Potter movie.

Yarn: Tilli Thomas Pure and Simple (shown in “Glazed Ginger”)

Needles: US 7-8

Notes: My friend Jag lives in Boston, and needs a light scarf to block what sun there is from her sensitive skin. I wanted something classy that reflected her style, and that she could wear around the office.

This pattern is easily adjustable for other size yarns and needles, but if you use a yarn that does not drape well, I recommend that you add a 3-stitch garter stitch border to each side to avoid curling.

When I wrote this pattern in 2008, it was written only; recently I have updated this pattern to include a chart and to make it available on Ravelry.

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Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted (shown in “Jay Pond”)

Needles: US 7-8

Notes: I have a friend named Karen who lives in Glasgow; I do not get to see or talk to her nearly as much as I would like to. This scarf was my way of sending her a hug across the pond.

This pattern is very adaptable to modifications, including adding a 16-row repeat, changing yarn and needle size, or making longer by adding a second skein.

When I wrote this pattern in 2008, it was written only; recently I have updated this pattern to include a chart and to make it available on Ravelry.

Right-click and “save as” in order to download now.

Yarn: Trendsetter Yarns Kashmir

Pattern: made up as I went along

Yarn: di.Vé Teseo

Pattern:  Cast on an odd number (say, 25); K2, P2 across, last stitch will be a K1; repeat until you run out of yarn

Notes: Finished about a week before my birthday, I just kept forgetting to post about it. Dur.

Yarn: Spritely Goods Limited Edition Sylph Sock Yarn

Pattern:  cowl; made it up as I went along.

Yarn: some unlabeled sock yarn from my stash

Pattern: made up as I went along

Notes: Made for my massage therapist; I think I like the way it turned out, and have started another to make sure. If I like it, I’ll write up the pattern.

Yarn: Mind’s Eye, from the sock club

Pattern: Gloria Cowl by Orinda5

Yarn: Mind’s Eye Yarns, from her sock club

Pattern: Gloria Cowl by Orinda5

Notes: I think I pretty much summed it up above the photo.

Yarn: Koigu Kersti Merino Crepe

Pattern: Morning Surf Scarf by Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer

Notes: I wanted to learn this cool technique of the bubble-thing, with the dropped stitches. I had seen this pattern in Spin Off about a year ago and every once and a while thought about knitting it; then when one of our customers came in with a scarf she did in this pattern, I was all “must!do!”. I did so much research on what yarn I had and what yarn people used to make this scarf and compared in my head how it would look with what I had in my stash, and chose three skeins of yarn that I’d had for a while. But after about a skein of it I remembered that I really don’t like making things that are six feet long and skinny and not so heavy on the different repeats. And while bitching about this at the appropriately named Stitch and Bitch last weekend (keep in mind that was Sunday, and I’d just cast on for this on Saturday, so that didn’t bear well for another four feet of knitting…) one of my friends was all, “how long is it? Close it up to itself and make a cowl!”. Voila. And thus I learned a cool new-to-me-technique and didn’t have to spend six months looking at it thinking how much I don’t find scarves fun any more. Also, hello – first Christmas gift of 2010 off the needles! Whoot!