Fiber Arts Friday: Elevation Profile Scarf is Finished!

I feel like I had been just a few inches from completing the Elevation Profile Scarf for quite some time.  So last weekend I decided it was going to be finished.  Sunday had me binding it off...  I wove in the ends, wore it around the house for a bit then set it in the block.

I really do like the drape of this fabric.  The yarn is a blend of Yak and Merino and I knit it on slightly larger needles than the yarn called for.

This was my first time following a pattern that was written with only charts.  It was also my first time knitting with two colors at the same time.

Once I figured out what I was doing, it wasn't all that difficult.  Although I was not working on this project exclusively, so occasionally I forgot how to make the transition between the colors after I had set it aside.

I love how the selvedge is turned out.

It's so easy to make this beautiful edge... just slip the first stitch purl-wise for each row and then move the working yarn to the back. I will definitely use this technique on future projects.

And now that the scarf has been blocked, I've been wearing it almost exclusively... and since I'm not about to take a photo of myself wearing it, you'll just have to happen to see me walking around town.  ;-)

I really like this pattern a lot, so I believe I'll do it again... with perhaps a single color. I think the texture of the pattern would show better with one color that's a little lighter in color.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanuka and Happy Fiber Arts Friday.  May you eat well, be warm and enjoy the company of the people you love.