I’m Knitting As Fast As I Can

A tribute to the quickly vanishing days of cursive writing.

The lace pattern used in the pointed ends of the Ink Spot Scarf resembles the nib of a fountain pen and the strong lines in the main section are representative of ruled notepaper.

Materials
Yarn: Habu A-1, 2/17 Tsumugi silk, 100% silk, 1 cone [450 yds; 48g].
Needle: U.S. size #5 (3.75mm), circular or straight, or any size that gives you the suggested gauge of 20 sts/24 rows = 4 inches (in stockinette stitch after blocking).

The scarf is knit in two identical pieces and joined at the center. Worked at the suggested gauge and in the suggested yarn, the finished scarf measures approx. 68 inches long (measured from point to point) and approx. 12 inches wide after blocking.

The lace pattern incorporates a stitch called a nupp. Nupps resemble flat bobbles and are worked by increasing into a stitch on the right-side and then purling 5 sts together on the wrong-side. Work the increases loosely and it will be easier to purl the 5 sts together.

The suggested yarn is a lightweight, 100% silk yarn with a tweedy texture. If you substitute yarns, I recommend a yarn with silk or linen content.

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Isn’t grafting the most magical thing . . . ever!

Thanks to everyone who offered to test knit the scarf version of the Fountain Pen shawl.  I’ve made arrangements with two volunteers, but I kept a folder with the names of everyone who offered.  Once I get some more charts worked up for my other ideas, I’ll come knocking.

My frantically paced sweater knitting has taken a back seat to a couple of scarf projects.

First, thanks for all the nice comments about my Fountain Pen Shawl in the Spring issue of Interweave Knits. It was quite the shock when Eunny called me last August to tell me she was publishing it.  My cell phone rang while I was in Las Vegas, a stopping point on the road to LA where my son goes to college.  And there was Eunny on the other end.  Crazy.

Anyway, I got several private messages from knitters who dislike triangular pieces, asking if there was a rectangular option.  I’ve always intended to convert all my shawl patterns to scarves or wraps but . . . well . . . there are only so many hours in a day.  Actually, they’ve all been charted out but I’ve never had the time to knit them up or write a proper pattern.  In fact, I have a whole stack of graphs and plans for lace pieces that will probably never be knitted up because there’s just no time.  Sad.

But, this time I got motivated to write up a scarf version of the Fountain Pen Shawl after finding the perfect yarn at my LYS.  I charted out the lace pattern and started knitting.  It’s almost done:

It’s a small, easy piece that is good take-along knitting.  If anyone wants to test knit, let me know.  I like to have all my patterns knit 2-3 times before I release them into the wild.

The knitting on the Fountain Pen scarf was briefly derailed by a Kusha Kusha scarf.

There’s more info on my Ravelry project page.  I loved this project and it works up fast if you use the right needles.  But I shrunk it a bit too much when I felted it.  It’s several inches shorter than it was pre-felting.  Since it’s just a little accent scarf so I’m not too disappointed.  Plus, it’s just so damn clever.

Oh, and finally . . . here’s a shout out to the spammers who hacked my blog last week.  Karma, bay-bee, karma.