The scarf got frogged

I had a change of plans for the scarf.

Since the yarn is a bag of left over hand-spuns from years ago, the supply is limited. But after looking at what I'd knit and seeing what was left in the bag, I decided that I could probably make something that wasn't simply 'scrappy', that there was probably enough of certain colorways to make a scarf that looked planned.

So I frogged what I had and started over. In order to make my favorite colorways last, I cast on fewer stitches. The new plan was a narrower scarf that I could consider chic. And the plan worked. Apart from 2 different multi-color yarns, the next abundant was some orange Harrisville wool that I'd spun, also 3-ply in the Navajo fashion.

I'm done with the knitting and have started adding fringe to the ends. I like the result, it doesn't look like something pulled out of a bag of scraps. At least to me it doesn't. I'm sure I will enjoy wearing this in the fall and early winter.

Another unfinished project I ran across while puttering around the spare room is a set of leaves that I knit.... oh.... four or five years ago, probably. All the knitting was done at that time, but the leaves need to be composed into a shall. Before the construction can begin all the loose ends need weaving in, and every leaf, no matter large or small, has 9 loose ends! It's tedious, but it must be done. I want to get this project finished!

The pattern for this shawl is called "Autumn Leaves Shall" and it appeared in "NORO Silk Garden, The 20th Anniversary Collection" (c) 2016, Sixth&Springbooks. It is designed by Anna Stoklosa.

I used a mix of NORO and other yarn, including Lambs Pride, when knitting my leaves.