Loony Lovegood

This was a rather well-traveled project.  I started working on it while still in California a little while before moving with the intent of wearing it for the HPDHII release (which we still haven't seen, yet).  I then knit in the car from California to Texas.  While in Texas, I worked on it a little bit more.  I tried to work on it in the moving vehicle from Texas to Idaho, but the ride was a bit too rough.  Things got busy, though, and the scarf was mostly set aside in the chaos.  Earlier today, I finally finished it after working on it for... about a month and a half? 

I started with my existing simple house scarf pattern and modified it to make it longer, in-the-round, and worked on smaller needles.  As is visible in the picture, technically I worked this flat and then stitched the edges closed when finished rather than working the scarf in the round; my circular attachment was longer than my desired scarf width.  I considered the DPNs briefly, but then remembered that I was going to be working on this in a moving vehicle and abandoned that idea.

There are a few changes I will make in the future.  The seam, while clean, is a bit unsightly, so I will be sure to work any future scarves in-the-round.  I would also make future scarves 2-3 sections longer, I think.  This scarf is still very long, but not quite as long as is ideal for me given what it is.  I decided when I was done with the length because I was getting frustrated with how long the project was taken vs. how little time I now have.

Project Details

• Needles = Size US 8
• Yarn = ~1.5 skeins of Caron Simply Soft Dk. Country Blue (9906) and ~0.5 skeins of Caron Simply Soft Gray Heather (9907)
• Worked in StSt (in-the-round or stitched closed along the edge)
• 62 stitches wide, 439 long: 13 sections of 25 rows Blue (starting and ending the scarf) and 12 sections of: 3 rows Gray, 3 Blue, 3 Gray
• Fringe is 2 - 5 inch pieces of Blue , doubled up at end of each row.  Length of attached fringe: approx. 2.5 inches. (stitch closed the ends of the scarf before attaching the fringe if desired--I found that easier since the ends were curling so much)