my bonny fair goodly well-favored sharf
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 9:43PM Try using that phrase instead of, say, beautiful.
"My, what a bonny fair goodly well-favored dress you're wearing!"
Everyone will think you're really normal and will try to spend more time with you at parties.
I'm sitting here eating Angie's Kettle Corn, getting crumbs all over my keyboard, and I thought I'd tell you about my shawlscarf.
Sharf?
Scawl?
Regardless, it's bonny.
It's also a version of Virginia.
Knit in fair, goodly Octopus's Garden and Gulf of Mexico.
Here's a little secret that very few people know. Octopus's Garden is a total diva. I have a few colorways that are so very goodly that I can't help but love them.
But they're demanding little buggers, always wanting dressing rooms full of plain green M&Ms, white peonies, half-caff soy vanilla 140-degree lattes, and dots of color applied by hand with a tiny brush.
Will somebody get this kettle corn away from me, please? This is ridiculous. I can -- and will -- eat it all in one sitting if no one intervenes. (The classic flavor, not the caramel.)
I'm trying to talk about yarn and knitting here, and my keyboard is all sticky and full of crumbs. But the kettle corn is so light! Crunchy! Sweet! Salty!
I never knit gauge swatches for scawls. Or sharves. This pattern calls for two skeins of fingering weight yarn. I used one skein of Springvale Worsted and some DK I had on my desk for trim. Who cares! It's a sharf!
You should make your sharfscawl. And you should get your own bag of kettle corn, just so I feel less alone in the world. It's handcrafted in small batches from natural ingredients in the fine state of Minnesota.
Pretty much exactly like our yarn.
P.S. The people at Angie's don't know me. I just happen to like their kettle corn more than I should. My laptop does not thank me.
Reader Comments (13)
Lovely sharf! I have this fabulous (purple!) laptop keyboard cover for my new Sony Vaio (whom I've named Vaiolet, since all our electronics get named because we're weird, and Vaiolet is a cute and clever name), and my keyboard thanks me so very much for keeping my own random crumblets off it. Maybe they make one for the keyboard you use!
i too am addicted to angies, good stuff and gorgeous scawl
Pattern? It's beautiful!
awww It's beautiful! I have to say I am a little biased as it's my design. But yay!!!! It looks great and I love it!!!
I too can't get away from popcorn, once you start you can't stop :)
Love, love, love the sharf! I am absolutely going to add it to my queue. And the colors....gorgeous. :)
Barbara, the pattern is the Virginia Shawl. You can see it here: http://www.threeirishgirls.com/product.php?productid=420&cat=1&page=1
I would call it a shawlette. You know, it's shaped like a shawl, but really too small to be a proper shawl, but works great as a scarf. I love the myriad of ways that you styled it. I also think that the Gulf of Mexico really sets off the Octopus's Garden and makes it even more dynamic and beautiful.
That sharf is just loverly and purdey-ful. Well done Yarnista!
The color combinations are great - thanks for reminding me of this sharf...
Pretty! I love the colorways in the yarn.
LOVE the scarf/shawl! LOVE Gulf of Mexico (HAD to buy some a few months ago, so have some in my stash!!!). I'm thinking of that shawl in Katherine Hepbrun (in place of GoMex) and Vivian Leigh in place of Octopus's Garden. Whatcha think? (Of couse, this would mean having to purchase the pattern AND some Vivian, because I was being frugal last month and only got Kate!)
Wow,I think I'm going to have to buy that pattern now!!
Wow,I think I'm going to have to buy that pattern now!!