I am funny about spending money. I don't hesitate to buy a skein of yarn that catches my eye, but I have had the same raincoat for over 20 years. I never liked wearing it. It is a well built raincoat, timeless in its design and did an excellent job of keeping the rain off. But the colour was not one I enjoyed wearing. Everytime I put it on, I groaned inwardly. But the practical side of me just couldn't see spending money on a new one.
Well I am glad to say I finally bought myself a new raincoat that I love. Once I bought it I knew, as any knitter would, that I just had to knit an accessory to go with it. I chose Joji Locatelli's Spectrum, a two coloured garter stitch scarf that was perfect for my raincoat. It is knit in Indigodragonfly Merino Nylon Sock in a beautiful navy called Tardis, combined with Malabrigo Yarn Sock in Light of Love I happily knit away and tah-dah here is the finished product:
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Once I got the shawl off my needles I was worried about the size of it. The pattern states that the finished shawl should by 72 x 23". I expected mine to be smaller, as I had chosen to go down a needle size. I used 3.75mm instead of the 4mm suggested. I was worried when prior to blocking it only measured 44 x 17"...but thankfully it grew to 60 x 20". I didn't expect it to grow quite as much as it did as I was not aggressive at all when pinning it out. But the size is perfect and the beauty of the shape of this shawl is that you can wear it several ways.
Now I had visions of modelling it for you in the rain, with an umbrella over my head but I don't know about where you live but we have had very little rain lately and there is none in the forecast. So here it is pictured on a beautiful sunny day. Bring on the rain!
