A Yearlong Scarf

My friend Lisa had sent me some yarn a year ago, sort of a “I bought this and don’t know what to do with it” type thing. Around the same time, I’d stumbled across a (free!) scarf pattern I liked, so I cast on and plugged away. But I was still a new enough knitter that it was slow, thought-intensive going, and then other projects caught my eye, and it got set in a back corner of the craft closet, forlorn and lonely.

Then I was in IKEA and saw a goofy little gadget that I thought she might enjoy, and remembered that her birthday is in February, and decided to dig out the scarf and see if I couldn’t finish it in time. It was a close call, indeed – I finished it Sunday and decided to overnight it on Monday to arrive in time – but finished it is! Happy birthday!

I have no idea what kind of yarn it is – 100% wool, hand-dyed, I’m pretty sure, but if it came with a ball band I lost it a long time ago. But it’s bright, springlike colors, and the wool has enough stitch definition to show off the scarf pattern even through the variegation, so it was the right yarn for the job, whatever it was.

Candleflame Scarf