Ruana No More
Many years ago now, I decided I wanted to make the Three-Scarf Ruana from the book The Knit Stitch, by Sally Melville. I even went on a special Yarn Quest with Neuroknitter to find the ideal yarn. (This was so long ago that it pre-dates our blogs by a few years!)
I found the yarn - Mountain Mohair, by Green Mountain Spinnery, in Raspberry- it was perfect. (During our Yarn Quest, we stayed one or two nights at the Putney Inn, which is right near the Spinnery, just off of I-91 and also within walking distance of a boat launch to the Connecticut River. It was very lovely there!)
I made the ruana. I don't know how many 100s of rows of garter stitch there were, or how many 1000s of yards of yarn I ended up using (there were cones, and more cones - even some tossed down from their overhead compartment!), but I seem to recall zipping right through it.
And - I never wore the thing. It ended up being a little more than a large, complicated scarf, and a little less than a cape or loosely draped cardigan. I would have been happy with either of those things, but it wasn't either one of them, and so the ruana has languished these past 15+ years. Until now.
In the spirit of Starting Over, I frogged the whole thing. You can't really tell from the photo, but this ball of yarn is about the size of a tether ball (slightly smaller than a basketball) - and there are two of them, plus one large softball-sized ball.
I'm presently experimenting with drapey cardigan-like patterns, and if the latest one sticks I'll post more pics of my progress. (If it doesn't - onward!)
In the meantime - more socks and booties!
I found the yarn - Mountain Mohair, by Green Mountain Spinnery, in Raspberry- it was perfect. (During our Yarn Quest, we stayed one or two nights at the Putney Inn, which is right near the Spinnery, just off of I-91 and also within walking distance of a boat launch to the Connecticut River. It was very lovely there!)
I made the ruana. I don't know how many 100s of rows of garter stitch there were, or how many 1000s of yards of yarn I ended up using (there were cones, and more cones - even some tossed down from their overhead compartment!), but I seem to recall zipping right through it.
And - I never wore the thing. It ended up being a little more than a large, complicated scarf, and a little less than a cape or loosely draped cardigan. I would have been happy with either of those things, but it wasn't either one of them, and so the ruana has languished these past 15+ years. Until now.
In the spirit of Starting Over, I frogged the whole thing. You can't really tell from the photo, but this ball of yarn is about the size of a tether ball (slightly smaller than a basketball) - and there are two of them, plus one large softball-sized ball.
I'm presently experimenting with drapey cardigan-like patterns, and if the latest one sticks I'll post more pics of my progress. (If it doesn't - onward!)
In the meantime - more socks and booties!
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