Hello Blogging friends! I always like to have a knitting project ready for traveling. Something that is nice and easy and relaxing. Usually something that doesn’t need a pattern or one that the pattern is easily remembered. A few months ago @clevergirldesignsco posted a picture of a beautiful scarf she had knit. Of course I had to run off to my local Knit shop to see it in person. It was quite beautiful, in red and with a mohair yarn. After finding out all of the details I decided I just had to make one.
The pattern is The Alexander Airplane scarf by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas. The yarn that I am using is Aerial Color from Berroco. This is a very fine mohair yarn knitted on size 8 circular needle. It is knit in the round and when finished the tube is laid flat and the edges are pressed or steamed so that the scarf ends up being 2 layers. Because the yarn is so thin, it isn’t bulky but will be warm and cuddly.
As you can see in the photos, this yarn is a striping yarn. The color is 34101, Pisarro. I didn’t want a striping yarn when I decided to do this project and didn’t even know that this yarn would stripe. But I rather like the colors and how they are knitting up. This is straight knitting, so it is the perfect travel project. Whenever I leave the house, I just grab my knitting bag and will be all set to knit if I have to do any waiting or want to knit in the car. It’s easy to pick up and put down, so it makes for the perfect on the go project.
I have only been knitting on this when I travel. Mostly to take my mind off of being in a car on the highway. But sometimes I don’t even pick it up, as I get too involved in what is going on around me on the road. But I have knitted on it when waiting for Mom at her doctor appointments. It is always good to have it with me for when I do decide to pick it up. Maybe I will finish it this winter…or maybe for next winter. Either way, it is the perfect travel project.
It is getting longer, so that makes me happy. Yeah, you can definitely see where my join in the round is. I definitely have to work on that, LOL Do you like to have a travel project? What kinds of things do you work on when traveling?
Happy Stitching,
Ginny
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I love those colors. I do the same thing. I like to have some knitting I can grab and take with me that doesn’t require a complicated pattern. Your scarf will be beautiful and cozy.
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Thank you, Southern Patches. The colors are so vivid. It is so nice to be able to grab a bag full of knitting and run out the door.
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What a great looking cowl. I keep a pair of vanilla socks on needles for my travel knitting.
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Thank you Knittinssofun. It is great to work on this project when I am out and about. I have not attempted to knit socks…yet..it may happen one day 😉
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It’s such a pretty yarn.
Marilyn
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Thank you, Marilyn. It really is very colorful and so soft. Some day this will be a very nice, soft and warm scarf.
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It really is. And so soft and warm!
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I love the look of the shawl, Ginny–the colors are just beautiful, and it appears so soft and cuddly. I guess this shawl works as a travel project even when it gets longer because it doesn’t weigh much? (I haven’t really had projects for travel.)
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Thank you, Anita. You are right, this project does not weigh much and I am sad to say that it is still a travel project. Not much done on it while traveling either. I may have to break down and just finish it this year.
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