the blue blog archives: won't you take me to funkytown?

My funky handspun scarf is done!! I love it so much it makes me giddy. It is, by far, the coolest thing I've ever made. And it's such a surprise, even to myself, that I like it so much.

The yarns (starting at bottom left of picture) are handspun wool from misshawklet, handspun merino and angora by Jamie Harmon, which I found at Downtown Yarns in NYC, and some beautiful "Rose Garden" handspun merino by Julie Lovelace that Maggi sent me from Virginia. (Thanks Maggi!) It was the exact right color for this scarf. Seriously, look!

After adding it, I thought that the last three yarns I'd used worked so well together that I had second thoughts about the chunkier and funkier skein I'd used at the start (you can see an earlier pic here). So I undid it at the color change, unravelled it and turned it into big, huge, hideous fringe.

posted by alison at 8:48 am | in the scarf file

Comments

That is so cool. Now break out with a funky hat!

Posted by: Dava at August 22, 2005 9:00 AM

Now I have that song in my head :) This is a great idea for all of the tidbits of handspun that I have languishing in my stash. Thanks for sharing the idea with us.

Tanya

Posted by: Tanya at August 22, 2005 9:24 AM

Funk a delic Baaaybeeee! Wow, who would have thunk it? That is REALLY cool!

I agee with the hat idea. Maybe some mittens too?!

Posted by: knittingnurse at August 22, 2005 9:29 AM

what a cool looking scarf! and will keep you warm this winter, too!!

Posted by: blossom at August 22, 2005 11:08 AM

That's an awesome scarf. For a girl who doesn't really like scarves, you've been making a lot lately. This one's great and I know you'll wear it all winter.

Posted by: Jenn at August 22, 2005 11:15 AM

That is so cute...matches with everything! Don't you love it when stuff you're not sure about turns out 10.000 times better than you dreamed?
OH IKEA! Those damn 99 cent sandwich cookies with the raspberry jelly are the best!

Posted by: Christie at August 22, 2005 11:33 AM

fun and funky!

Posted by: amanda at August 22, 2005 2:10 PM

looks awesome!! Good call on the fringe - I like it a lot!

Posted by: kyla at August 22, 2005 2:31 PM

I think the fringe makes the scarf. Super funkadelic.

Posted by: Sarah at August 22, 2005 2:34 PM

One of the coolest scarves I ever made was kind of an experimental fluke too. I knit it longways (200 stitches) and just used up leftover yarns. You can either use a different yarn every row or just fasten the new yarn to the old mid-row and not even worry about tucking in ends. It ended up loooong and very very cool.

Posted by: Laurie at August 22, 2005 2:49 PM

Get DOWN with your bad self!

It looks like so much fun. You can wear it 8 months out of the year!

Posted by: Laurie at August 22, 2005 8:22 PM

I love it, I love it, I love it!!

Posted by: Carrie at August 22, 2005 11:07 PM

Looks amazing!

Posted by: Cassie at August 22, 2005 11:24 PM

Love it!
saaaa-weet!

love the fringe!

Posted by: heather at August 23, 2005 12:26 PM

That is seriously funky!

Posted by: Ina at August 24, 2005 6:09 PM

I love the scarves, but especially the funky one...great!!!

Posted by: Michele at August 27, 2005 8:27 PM