What [strikeout]is[/strikeout] was on my needles

The other day I wanted to start a project that would be uber-easy, interesting, and use up some stash yarn.

I was inspired by the beautiful Brooklyn Tweed scarves being made at Wool & Co. knitters an thought maybe I had some Noro or similar in my stash that I could have a go at one with. But then during my search I found two hanks of Socks That Rock that Blogless Carla traded to me for sewing her rocker cushions last spring.



Monsoon and Rare Gems.

Then I saw this (Ravelry link) Sunday Market Shawl (free pattern link).

So in my usual contrary style, I decided to combine the two ideas and "make it my own" (tm Randy Jackson). I followed the basic pattern recipe of the Sunday Market Shawl but alternated the two colorways for a subtle stripe effect a la the Brooklyn Tweed/Chevron Scarf.

One caveat. I'm very impatient and at times have a strong need for instant gratification. So I couldn't wait until I had knit the entire thing to see what the effect would be after dropping the stitches that make the runs. So a few times as I was knitting I'd just go ahead and drop and run the stitches and then on the next row do YO in the appropriate places and continue on my way. I don't know that I'd recommend this method for everyone but it worked alright for me. There seems to be a slight wonkiness where I did this and I'm not sure if it will block out. But for a soft drapey scarf that will be wrapped around my neck at the collar of a coat, I don't think anyone will ever notice.

This was a very fast knit. I cast on Wednesday evening, worked on it some Thursday and during gymnastics practice while waiting out the STORM OF THE DECADE! (SOTD!) and then again last night while watching LOST. I settled in for a morning of knitting with Ozzy and the Supernatural Boys and finished up right about the time Sam & Dean were finishing off the Demon du Jour. I'll block it out later and try to remember to give a final report on finished dimensions and all that. Heck, I may even get generous and actually update my Ravelry profile and include it in there!