Two by Two by Two is the name of my new scarf pattern.
The release of this pattern is rather a long time in coming. It had its beginnings shortly after I read
Clara Parkes’ KNITTER’S REVIEW: “Yarn Pairing: Filatura di Crosa Superior and Nirvana”. Clara’s description of the yarn pairing
sounded like something not to be missed.
Soon after I read the review, a brand new LYS, Gosh Yarn It!, opened up near
where I live. When I saw both of these
yarns at GYI! my fate was sealed. It was
hard to pick a color and I eventually settled on black. My thoughts were, “How nice would
it be to have a beautiful soft black scarf?”
(That may not have been a wise decision.)
For the next couple of weeks I tried several different, yet
fairly simple, stitch patterns for a scarf with the yarn pairing. At first I tried many types of ribbing. Eventually my choice was the ‘Double Basket
Weave’ stitch pattern. It has reversibility,
one of my very favorite qualities in a scarf.
I added another of my must-haves for scarves: neat and tidy borders on all four edges. I worked on it off-and-on until finished, and
then I began to really appreciate how really difficult it is to take photos of
black knitted objects.
Pattern: Two by Two by Two, Carolyn Kern
Yarns: Filatura Di Crosa Golden Line Superior
1 skein (330 yd) Black
and Filatura Di Crosa Golden Line Nirvana
1 skein (372 yd) Ebony
I am not sure when, but, it did happen that I decided to
make a second scarf from a lovely little bit of yarn that I had inherited from
my late Mom. I was with her at Stitches East (I think it
was 2007) when Malabrigo Sock was a new-to-this-world yarn (currently there are +24,000 project using this yarn on Ravelry!) and we each bought
one skein. I thought it would be perfect for my second version
of my Double Basket Weave scarf. (This
time, thankfully, it was in my Mom’s color
choice!)
Pattern: Two by Two by Two, Carolyn Kern
Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Sock
1 skein (440 yd) Indiecita
The rest is just the long and winding story of knitting a
second scarf -- knowing that I liked the pattern -- and knowing that even
though it is a very simple thing -- it is a pattern that I would like to share. The photos were the hardest -- and I am still
not totally satisfied. But now is the
time when I am ready to say that my work is done here. I hope that some knitters will find and enjoy
this pattern.
