It’s Furious Balancing

No, not the sort that causes gastroenteritis,¹  but the viral pattern for the Noro Striped Scarf.  I did a quick check on the stats over on Ravelry and, as of this writing, there were 3,947 finished scarves and 751 scarves in progress.  That’s a lot of scarves.

It’s one of the most popular patterns on Ravelry, right up there with the viral fingerless gloves, the viral Elizabeth Zimmerman baby sweater, and the viral scarf/shawl whose name sounds like a venereal disease.  I will admit to attempting the baby sweater and to making a pair of those fingerless gloves, but I will not knit something that sounds like it should be living in a petri dish.²

I needed something with brighter colors so I could recover from the Soul-Sucking Socks of Despair, and I needed a simple traveling project to carry around with me.  Voilà! Two different colorways of Noro Kureyon and k1p1 ribbing.

Pattern:  Noro Striped Scarf, by brooklyntweed

Yarn:  Noro Kureyon, 1¾ skeins each of colorways 229 and 209

Needles:  Clover Bamboo, US size 8

Size:  Before blocking, 58′ by 5′.  After blocking, 66′ by 5′

Mods:  None.

These are not my usual colors.   While it did help me recover from the SSSoD, I can’t see wearing it myself.   I plan on donating this scarf to a local Catholic church that is starting a charity knitting ministry for families relying on the auto industry for their livelihoods.  I heard they were looking for winter items, so this will be my first contribution.

I must admit that I started a second Norovirus scarf before I was finished with this first one.   It’s much less, um, vibrant.  That one I’m keeping for me!

EDIT:  Ooooo…. I see that stripey scarves are THE fashionable fall accessory this year!

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1. Which I discovered, charmingly enough, is sometimes known as “winter vomiting disease.” [↩]
2. I am not a shawl person.  The only exception to my no-shawls rule would be the Hanami Stole, which will at least be challenging.  Clapotis looks t-e-d-i-o-u-s.  That reminds me, I need to order some Kidsilk Haze for Hanami.  I already bought the pattern. [↩]

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