You have probably heard me complain about the pooling or the striping one gets when knitting with variegated yarn. What looks oh so pretty on the skein (which is why it is so often sold in skeins and not in balls) looks completely different when balled up. And then you knit with it and it’s either stripes or pools.
I had this ball of yarn in my stash and I started another Hitchhiker scarf. Since this is basically knit on the bias as well as constant growing rows, I had high hopes.
Getting bigger and still great distribution of color.
Finished! And I couldn’t be happier! Btw, it’s called the Hitchhiker because you are supposed to get 42 bumps. (Go read Douglas Adams for the reason why). I only got to 30 when I ran out of yarn.
No problem, the scarf fits beautifully around the neck, as long as it’s not an enormous neck.
From the back, wrapped and twisted – just lovely.
Now it is going into my gift pile, someone will be very lucky to receive this one. I love my own blue hitchhiker