Monica Knits

Shetland Marl chunky yarn is ideal for knitting Lynne Barr's versatile "Linked Rib" scarf. The color pattern complements the stitch pattern and the scarf works up quickly with 6.0 mm needles. With this yarn pattern, there is no need to switch needle sizes between the circular and flat knitting segments as differences in gauge do not show.
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This was a favorite lambswool sweater of my husband and I was going to felt it, since I didn't have needles fine enough for this gauge --that is until I discovered HIYA HIYAs. As they say, "the rest is history." As soon as they arrived, I decided to try my new HIYA HIYA circular needles on a patch and graft repair. Even though my husband had plenty of other sweaters, he watched the progress of the repair closely, and plucked this comfy sweater from the laundry basket as soon as it had been repaired and laundered.
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The Whirligig glove pattern is now available with two colorway charts: regal gold and purple; or winter white and nature colors. The four-color, Fair Isle style Whirligig gloves feature a contrasting 2 x 2 ribbed cuff and windmills in 3 colors, staggered across a gold or sky blue background. A provisional (waste yarn) thumb was employed to reduce knitting complexity, speed the knitting and provide a streamlined thumb. A fingertip guide was used for the stranding technique. A video illustrates the use of the fingertip guide to knit with 2 colors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-0ApmvvhTA . Read on ... for additional links, tips, instructions, pattern and yarn information.

This Linked Rib scarf is similar in appearance to Lynne Barr's Twisted scarf in the manner that New Wave is similar to Easy Wave, all samples from her book: "Knitting New Scarves - 27 Distinctly Modern Designs." Of the four patterns I tested, this one had the most challenging instructions, which I modified slightly to facilitate knitting. Read more .. for additional discussion of the "Linked Rib" scarf.