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Spinster's Scraps Scarf

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Sometimes, when you love yarn and knitting and crocheting so much, you get the urge to spin some yarn yourself. Your mother-in-law gives you a drop spindle and some practice wool for Christmas, and you're just so excited to get spinning! Some of those first balls of yarn are... rough. At least if you had the same sort of start I did. A few go from chunky to lace weight every few inches, some are quite nice, however the guard hairs from the cheap practice wool make you concerned to actually wear the itchy thing. But you also don't want to waste these natural fibers that you spun yourself! They're also such small amounts that you're not sure you could even make a decent dish scrubby out of them. What are you to do? If you happen to have a loom, 'art yarn' is super easy to use up! Bold and interesting accent pieces in your latest abstract tapestry! However, I'm sure I'm not the only one who took up spinning with knitting and crochet in m...
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Faded Memories Cowl

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Faded Memories Cowl Free Pattern Supplies : 14" 3.75mm Circular Knitting Needles Stitch Marker Tapestry Needle Yarn: Red Heart  It's A Wrap Rainbow  Colorway: Couture Weight: Sport Yardage: ~ 155-200 yards (142-183 meters) **Designer's Note** This pattern was designed to: Use up a remnant of a skein Be lightweight enough for a cool Texas spring morning Highlight the color shifts in the yarn with a unique texture Be reversible. (not identical, but at least quite nice on both sides) The rounds in this pattern highly reflect the timing of the color shift of my particular skein. If you are working with an ombre/gradient yarn, I highly recommend shifting the rows of left/right diagonal (always ending in an even numbered row), so that the color shift happens during or near a direction shift to further highlight the yarn. I provide the row suggestions below based on my yarn, as well as to be symmetrical and pleasin...
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