The pooling of variegated yarn is such a cool phenomenon. It's not one I usually liked, so I was pleased to see this beautiful scarf pattern in the Fall 2004 Interweave Knits, which took control of the pooling and used it to create stripes. Several other knitters were also intrigued by the idea and took up the challenge of making the pooling scarf with me. It didn't work out for most of us. Turns out Schaefer Anne doesn't pool that reliably. And six feet of adjusting gauge to insure pooling was too much for the majority of us. I learned a lot though and even managed to get some variegated morehouse merino yarn to pool in a short scarf.

pooling colors scarf

Fall 2004

Any other finished pooling scarves out there?? Other successful adventures in pooling? Or just plain ol' crazy pooling (like in this sock from fellow Knitsmith, Dava)? Do tell!