After reading about Harlot’s handspun scarf that she made I decided that it would be the perfect use for the purple merino singles I had on the bobbin. I’m very happy with the results so far and I have about 16 inches of the scarf done so far.. sometimes being away from the computer is a good thing! This pattern is really easy to memorize and was perfect for all of the waiting I was doing- waiting for the electrician, and the electric company, and the police for the theft report.. etc etc. It was such a beautiful day that I decided to spend time on the deck and knit straight off the bobbin (you can see my little mock lazy-kate in the photo.. a sheet of styrofoam and a knitting needle.. lol) and onto a set of size 8 dpns. The resulting fabric is a really nice patterned stitch with no definite front or back. Its also taking care of the biasing and the thick/thin spun of my single.. even though its been somewhere between a fingering & sport weight yarn. I’m having trouble capturing the colors properly in a close up- the top photo is nearly color accurate.. I have a good bit still on the bobbin and another 6oz of this hand dyed merino roving in the fiber basket.. so I’m definitely going to have enough for a long scarf. The width of the scarf is about 3 1/2 inches and I’d like to make it around 60 inches long.. since I want to be able to wrap it a few times around my neck and have it trail down. Not sure about fringe yet but maybe some sort of interesting edging from the Nicky Epstein books I have. I’ve got a few more things to show but they’ll have to wait until tomorrow since I ran out of photo-taking light. Hubby has to run out before work tomorrow and get the tire fixed – it turned out to be a bad stem on the tire and there aren’t any tire shops open on a Sunday in this area ( just my stinkin’ luck..) and then hopefully I’ll be back in business. The car is running like crap again but I’ve got to go to take Munchkin for more vaccinations on his day off (teacher in-service) from school. It’ll be another fun day at the local health department where we’ll wait ALL day to do something that will take 10 minutes… unfortunately he won’t be allowed back in school without these vacc’s current so it has to be done asap.