[Nfb-krafters-korner] Scarfie

[Becky Frankeberger]

Dani, what is a multidirectional scarf? What does it look like?

Becky 
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 5:03 PM
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Cc: Dani Pagador <daniknits at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Scarfie

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
>
>
>
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> On
> Behalf Of Cathy Flesher via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 5:46 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Scarfie
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> 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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