Sonoran Throw – Tic Toc  Rock Colour-way

I have finished knitting the Sonoran throw for Colinette.  I prefer this one to the previous one that I did because the colours are more subtle.

 

This colour-way contains 2 of my favourite shades of Colinette yarn – Castagna and Copperbeech – both could be described as brown but the first one has green and grey in it and the second one red and blue!

Another Colinette Arizona Dreams – Sonoran Design

Colinette have sent me another kit to knit up for them.  I asked if I could do another Sonoran design.  This time it is in a colour-way called Tic Toc Rock and consists of much more muted colours than the previous throw I made.

 

 

I have photographed the first diamond shape – just as I did on 22 October when I knitted the first diamond of the previous throw.  They look very different.   I had thought I would be able to knit this throw more quickly as I ought to know what I am doing but I have been distracted by domestic problems.

Irregular Striped Scarf Pattern

 

I unravelled the scarf again!  I knitted part of 3 strips and plaited them together and I didn’t like the effect – it was too thick and too narrow.

I decided to stop trying to be too clever and to go back to an old favourite – a striped scarf.  I didn’t do this originally because I was worried about the fact that the aran yarn was thinner than the other 2  but I found that if I only knitted a few rows at a time – it is not that obvious.

If you would like to knit a similar scarf – the pattern is given below.  I fancy knitting it again in 3 shades of Noro but that will have to be next year!

Colour A 1 ball x 100g ball Rowan Cocoon chunky yarn Saturn Shade 837 (115m/126yds)

Colour B 1 ball x 100g ball Rowan Cocoon chunky yarn Umber Shade 835 (115m/126yds)
Colour C 1 skein x Rowan Fine Art Aran yarn Shade 548 (170m/186yds)
9mm needles

Rib Pattern

Row 1: *K3, P1; repeat from* to end.
Row 2: *K2, P1, K1; repeat from * to end.
This pattern forms an open rib.

Using yarn A, cast on 28sts and work in pattern for 6 rows.

Continue in the rib pattern throughout following the colour sequence as given below.
Rows 7-12: yarn C. (6 rows)
Rows 13-18: yarn B. (6 rows)
Rows 19-24: yarn C. (6 rows)
Rows 25-74: yarn A. (50 rows)
Rows 75-80: yarn C. (6 rows)
Rows 81-86: yarn B. (6 rows)
Rows 87- 92: yarn A. (6 rows)
Rows 93-98: yarn C (6 rows)
Rows 99-100: yarn B (2 rows)
Rows 101-102: yarn C (2 rows)
Repeat the last 4 rows until 50 x 2 rows stripes have been completed (96 more rows)
Rows 199-204: yarn B (6 rows)
Rows 205- 210: yarn C (6 rows)
Rows 211-216: yarn B (6 rows)
Rows 217-244: yarn A (28 rows)
Rows 245-250: yarn C (6 rows)
Rows 251-256: yarn B (6 rows)
Rows 257-262: yarn C (6 rows)
Rows 263-268: yarn A (6 rows)
Rows 269-270: yarn C (2 rows)
Rows 271-272: yarn A (2 rows)
Repeat the last 4 rows until 10 x 2 rows stripes have been completed (16 more rows).
Cast off in pattern using yarn A.
Sew in ends.

 

Yarn for a Scarf

Back in September I bought this yarn in the Oxford Yarn Store.  It is one skein of Rowan Fine Art Aran yarn - which is a mixture of wool, mohair, alpaca and silk, and two balls of Rowan Cocoon - which is a mixture of wool and mohair.

 

Since then I have been knitting other things whilst thinking about how I was going to use these 3 colours to make a scarf.  I did some experiments with triangles.  One triangle was OK, but when I tried to join others – the whole thing looked too messy for my liking. 

I need to choose a design which will spread the colours and accommodate the fact that the multi-coloured Rowan Fine Art Aran yarn is thinner than the other two which are chunky.

I am currently trying out a variation on a pattern that I found in a 2011 knitting magazine called “Irresistible winter gifts to knit”.    I hope to be able to show you the finished scarf in the next few days – unless I unravel it again, of course.

Finished Version of the Sonoran Throw

I have now finished the Colinette Arizona Dreams Sonoran throw.  It is knitted in a colour-way called Cennino.  It is very bright and cheerful-looking.

I spent Sunday afternoon making “curly ques” to use to edge the throw.  They are like twisted cords and seem to have a mind of their own.  Sewing in the ends took longer than I anticipated.  I should have done it as I went along but any minute I was expecting to have to unravel something because I had gone wrong.  Actually I found the knitting very straightforward – which is a good thing as mohair is very hard to undo successfully.