Yarn: Rowan felted tweed. I used 2 strands held together. I really, really like this yarn. It’s not the softest yarn for a scarf but Mike picked it out (he wanted tweed or nothing) and he’s really happy with it. If it weren’t so expensive, I would knit myself a sweater out of this yarn. Every picture I take makes it look like a different color but this picture is the best (color-wise). It has flecks of white, light blue and dark orange which really gives it a lot of depth and interest. Needles: Size ? bamboo (I set them down and now they are lost)
Pattern: My own. It’s a saxon braid cable with 5 stitches of garter stitch on each side. Here is a picture that shows the cable pattern clearly.
All in all, I am really happy with it and, more importantly, so is Mike. I’m also happy that my next project will not be a scarf.

As I’ve been knitting this brown scarf, I’ve been very envious of all you project spectrum participants and your lovely pink and red eye candy. My next project will be red and just to prove (mostly to myself) that I am participating in project spectrum, here are my favorite pink and red things from my house. The first is Cradle. She is a fairy and was named by the artist I bought her from because she looks so comforting and watchful. Like she’s cradling the viewer. She’s really big- about 3 1/2′ x 4 1/2′- so it really is like she’s watching over us. It’s actually dark pink fabric that was marked off with tape and the negative areas were bleached lighter. It’s very cool and I love her. Here are some other things.