[Nfb-krafters-korner] Scarfie

[Dani Pagador]

I used it to make a 4-inch wide  multidirectional scarf on the needles
and had to frog because of dropped stitches. It's a bear to frog. And
the scarf took a little more than one skein, probably because of the
length of it.

More Later,
Dani

On 3/4/17, Annette Carr via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> If you were to use 2 strands of Scarfy held together, to keep the visual
> affect of the gradual color change, you would have to get the color runs
> from both skeins to match up.
>
> Personally, I did not like the feel of Scarfy.
>
> Annette
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Cathy Flesher via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 5:46 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Cc: Cathy Flesher
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Scarfie
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have been working with Scarfie using a 1/2 inch gauge loom to make the
> mitered square scalloped scarf and I thought I'd mention a couple of
> things.
>
> The yarn is interesting in that when I run my fingers down the working yarn
> I can feel two distinct textures. Mostly it feels like wool but in places
> the yarn becomes fuzzy and softer than wool. One not so good thing about
> this yarn is that I am finding that it tangles and knots fairly easily.
>
> They say you can make an entire scarf with this yarn and it looks to me as
> though this could easily be possible, though I don't know how wide of a
> scarf they are using when saying this.
>
> I would not recommend this yarn for loom knitting. My scarf is somewhat
> lacier than I would like, but I know that if I double the strands it will
> tangle and be a true mess. So I am continuing with the lacey look.
>
>
>
> Have a great day!!
> Cathy F
>
>
>
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