I always have a portable project to bring with me on my travels. From October 22, 2022 until July 4, 2023 it was this orange one-skein scarf. I used Anivia by Claire Slade, as my pattern. In order to qualify as a nice travel project, I want a simple repeat that I don’t have to think about too long. The zig zags also really tickle my fancy because I think they are so nicely simplistic but not too monotone to knit.
The yarn, Alpaca 4ply sock from Chester Wool, was dyed on September 4, 2022 with a combination of mostly orange with a little brown. I’m in love with the colour of it. A somewhat mottled brownish-orange with tiny darker orange and brown speckles. It doesn’t photograph very clearly but I think the colour is most true in the picture with the ball and the triangle section below.
The knitting went quite smoothly. The pattern is quite memorable, when the zig goes left, it’s yarn over, ssk, k2 and repeat. For the right zag, it’s k2tog, yarn over, k2 and repeat. To get the zig zag to work, you do a knit stitch more or less at the start of the row. Furthermore, one stitch is increased at the end, and it’s k3, purl to almost end, k3 on every wrong side row. Now, I don’t really like ssk normally, because it gets you out of your rhythm with having to move stitches from one needle to the other. So I did some googling and found a new one step ssk online. I’ve used it from about halfway through and it’s so much faster than a regular ssk.
I’ve not worn this new additional all that often because it’s still been summer-ish since July (wet, but not too cold). However, I hope it’ll be nice!
