Yay!! Anothe FO!! Here is Alison’s Scarf by Annie Modesitt in Karaoke Mermaid (2 balls) (see pattern link in my signature, and when I remove that, it will remain in my blog here …
I loved the i-cord cast-on for this scarf. Using it w/ the slip-stitch border & i-cord cast-off makes such a nice “frame” for the scarf. I’ll be using it again.
Ooooo that is pretty! Is the yarn soft?
Beautiful job, Julie! :cheering: :cheering: :cheering:
Well, I expected the yarn to be soft, but I wrapped this around my bare neck last night after I finished it, and I found it to be ever so slightly itchy. I’ve washed it in Soak, and it’s drying right now. I’ll let you know what the softness factor is when it’s dry.
I will add that I washed my merino Moebius in this same stuff, and I’m a little disappointed in how it feels. I think I’ll go to the LYS later & see what they have that might up the softness.
Regardless – thanks for the kudos, Jan & Sara!!! 
Ohh, is that ever pretty! Lovely, lovely. 
Oh my… look at the pretty colors!
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It is beautiful, DM!
Lovely Scarf - Great Job! :cheering:
I looooove that Mermaid Mix. I reminds mind of an iridescent oil slick! I need to get my hands on some of that stuff!
Wow, that looks awesome! It looks like it was a very complicated pattern. Kudos to you!
You’ve done a lovely job! It is a beautiful scarf and you should be very proud of yourself!
Absolutely GORGEOUS, Julie!
Don’t you just love Annie’s stuff?! She has the best ideas! And, she’s so nice! I use the slip st. edging on all my scarves, and other projects to prevent curling. Even though it’s available in a free pattern online, I emailed her to ask if she minded if I used it in a pattern and she said, “Honey, I don’t own the stitches, of course you can!” She’s too funny!
I think that’s my favorite Karaoke colorway, too 
That’s beautiful! Makes me want some more Karaoke! :teehee: [size=1]badly[/size]
LOL, I was thinking the same thing :roflhard: 
woooooow. just WOW!!!
That is so pretty!!
You’re all so sweet!!!
The pattern really wasn’t all that complicate, to tell you the truth. The hardest part was trying to figure out what Ms. Modesitt meant – she tends to use some different abbreviations than I’m used to seeing. For example, on the i-cord bind off she says, “k2togLS.” Well, I had no idea what the “LS” was. Naturally, I found my answer here. It means “left slant,” and usually you see it writting as “k2tog tbl.” Other than that, there are just YOs, some matched decreases and a little bit of cabling. Oh, and the chart is only 8 rows. To use that old cliche, “If I can do it, you can do it!” 
I have 2 more skeins of that Mermaid colorway left … 
… don’t know what I’m gonna do w/ it, but I’m thinking I might knit a Möbius w/ it to see what happens w/ the striping. I think I’d like to check out some of the other colorways, too. They have SUCH purty colors!!
Iam going to knit this scarf, and was wondering. The i-cord cast on, I was looking for information on it. Do you knit the icord the desired length, then pick up the required stitches along the edge of it?
Thanks
Laura C
I found the instructions!!!
Now I can start, Iam going to do it with Frog tree alpaca that I got from my knitting swap partner this summer
Laura