EXTREMELY Late X-mas Gift

I have finally finished the scarf I made for Eli's brother. It took me about 4 months to complete. Granted, I did not work exclusively on it, it was my "hard" project and I knit a ton on "easy" projects during that time. I was also sick for most of January, which meant it got neglected. But anyway, I think I can say, with confidence that this scarf was the most demanding thing I have EVER knit. But boy does it look good!



The yarn is Rowan Felted Tweed. I knit it on a size 3. The pattern was inspired by an argyle blanket in the most recent Knitwear magazine. Basically it's a traveling stitch that crosses over a purl diamond and then a moss stitch diamond. 



I decided to only do the purl/moss diamonds at either end, and I continued the traveling stitch diamond throughout. 


So, dark, fuzzy yarn, at a fine gauge, in a pattern I was doing by sight. Oye vey. I'm really proud of this project, it's beautiful and I think it was well worth the trouble, but next time I won't delude myself into thinking its a good quick holiday project!  


That's Joel modeling it at Christmas. Notice the needles still attached...



As soon as it dries it's going in the mail!




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