Thursday, December 4, 2008

I made two quick projects out of Knitpicks' Gloss. Gloss is 70% merino wool and 30% silk and it is softer than any other wools in my stash. I finally got around to making some neck protection for DH's hikes at his request. I used size 5 (US) dpns, cast on 92 sts, and did a K2P2 rib in the round for 7 inches. I'm very happy with the finished size of this as he can wear it without folding it and get complete neck protection from the sun. In fact if I find any other yarn he can live with in my stash I'll make him another one. Or perhaps I'll just make myself one.



Here's a simple scarf I made with the same yarn. This project took an entire skein of Gloss - the free pattern is HERE. I used size 2 and size 5 (US) needles and cast on 32 sts. I started the scarf on row 8 and ended on row 12.