Row, Row, Row Your Boat...

...gently down the stream.  This time of year you will not find many gentle mountain streams in Northern Utah.  The only one around today is my beautiful blue Mountain Stream Scarf.

Susan's Orenburg style scarf is perfect for any lace knitter, whether you are a novice or advanced, and the Douceur et Soie yarn is heavenly to touch, wear and knit.  This is one yarn that I'd love to have a nice supply of in the stash. The construction of Orenburg lace is very clever as you knit the bottom border and then pick up stitches along the edge to continue on to the body. With only 11 stitches on the provisional cast on, and that many in the end, even I was able to Kitchener them successfully.  Despite the constant errors made and, in the end, 'the not so stellar job' on the top border, the scarf did turn out to be beautiful.  Mountain Stream is truly gentle and forgiving. 

While taking pictures by the creek in Big Cottonwood Canyon a motorcyclist drove by and gave me a wolf whistle.  Just goes to prove that 'man riding by on horse' can't see wrinkles or gray hair. (Or perhaps, it was the Jaywalker's that got his attention.)

The scarf is a bit smaller than it should be as I  used size 6 needles.  My knitting can be overly tight, and for some reason I didn't adjust as normal.  Next time I will use size 8 needles and should end up with a more open and lacy look. The best thing to do is to cast on again right away while there is still some residue of the pattern (and the desire to do a better job) in my head.

Pattern: Mountain Stream by Susan
Yarn: Douceur et Soie color Cornflower
Time to  Knit: March 19-April 22, 2006 (shouldn't take this long)
KAL:Mountain Lace Along 

Comments

[Kelly]

Margene its beautiful!
The colour, the pattern its all just perfect!

[Lucia]

Superb job, Margene! And your mountain stream (the real one, I mean) makes me yearn for Maine, where the mountains are smaller but the streams are deep and cold.

[Alison]

Lovely! It's a great color for you!

[Ramona]

How beautiful. I love the picture on the rock with the water in the background.

[Lolly]

Beautiful scarf! This is lace that I may even be able to try :) Love the cornflower blue color! and those socks are looking mighty fine too!

Have a good one, Margene!

Oh my gosh, that last picture of the scarf alone is like yarn porn! Goregous Margene. And you are cute too. :)

[SigMa]

The scarf is very beautiful! Congratulations!

[marie in florida]

ok, ok...now i have to pick mine up again. Lovely job , the man on the horse? beauty; it's all about the attitude.

[Judy]

It's lovely. I'll bet that was COLD water. Beautiful spot all the same.

[Wendy]

Hey, if I were a guy on a motorcycle, I'd give you a wolf whistle too.

[Ann]

Very, very nice, Margene. Kudos.

[caroline]

Yum! Delicious scarf and it's a great color for you.

[Theresa]

Way above and beyond on the photoshoot - the mountain streams compliment each other well.

[Vera]

Just stunning, and the color reminds me of cool water.

[Beth]

That blue makes it one of the prettiest Mountain Streams I've seen in blogland.

[Kim]

Beautiful, beautiful job. I have some of that yarn in red kicking around, I just may have to pull it out this summer!

[Laurie]

That is a beautiful FO!

You undersell yourself, grrl.

[Kim]

Such beautiful work, Margene. It's almost enough to make me want to try lace---again!

[hillary]

Congrats! Your scarf looks so light and beautiful. I love the pictures too. You have some really great scenery out there.

[susan]

Very clever camera work (and you know what I mean). ;)

[Kim D.]

Love the scarf! I made a scarf from Lavish Lace for my MIL this past christmas in that colorway of the Douceur et Soie. It really is the most lovely yarn to knit with. I agree, this yarn should definitely be in everyone's stash.

[Stitch-n-Snitch]

Here's another wolf whistle your way, grrl!

[Susan]

The scarf is so beautiful!!

[Jen]

Beautiful. My hands are itching to do some true lace knitting. Need to get back to the Glorianna scarf I have on the needles.

[Anne]

It came out just beautifully though! They haven't let the water out into the creeks at Dimple Dell yet, but I suspect that won't be for long!

[claudia]

That is some seriously great photo-styling.

[Vicki]

"Next time..."

That kinda says it all!! It looks fab, Margene, and I'm not surprised at all that there was whistling. ; )

[Jan]

It's beautiful! (And the socks look pretty snazzy, too.)

[Zarah]

Beautiful color choice! I am very impressed that you're going to knit it again right away. Perhaps that's the sign of a true lace addict?

[Carole]

Beautiful scarf, beautiful photos. You totally deserved the wolf whistle!

[wool winder]

Love it!

[Norma]

I love how you theme your photos to be appropriate to the item. You look marvelous, dahling.

[Jennifer]

Very lovely! Seeing yours makes me want to get cracking on mine. What a beautiful blue.

[Teresa]

Congrats! on finishing Mountain Stream - it's beautiful!

[Cara]

I swear - if I didn't know you I'd just read you for the FO photoshoots. I need you to come help me do mine. You and Smith must have such a fun time!!! I'm not surprised you're getting wolf calls.

The scarf is beautiful and the color is just perfect.

[Beth S.]

Oh, it turned out wonderfully! To see the finished product, I'd never guess that it gave you so much trouble. It looks perfectly angelic... innocent, celestial blue lace. :-)

I want to make another one, too. Hmmm.

[Karen]

Did you whistle back at him? ;)

Your Mountain Stream is beautiful. Both of them! What a perfect name for that pattern.
What color is your next one going to be?

[Aija]

Super awesome pics and scarf... though the jaywalkers almost steal the show in that pic! :)

[Jenn]

Beautiful work as always. My plan was to make this for Mother day...I don't think that is going to happen. :-)

[regina]

Of course he whistled at you! You look fabulous. The scarf is just stunning, and I love the Jaywalker socks too!

[janinej]

Ooh that IS beautiful. I have the pattern and I managed to score a skien of Suri lace in the Tropical Storm colourway which is sitting in my basket waiting to be wound into a centre pull ball, but first I have to finish my mountain peaks shawl, and my bi-cable cardigan,and my p-word socks.....I'll get there :-)

[Julia]

Well, it's just beautiful! And so delicate. I need to get back to lace soon.

[erin]

Hey, I'm a girl on a motorcycle and I'd whistle at you too. Your picture makes me antsy to go rock climbing in Little Cottonwood.

[Cathy]

whistling from here - gorgeous! Can't wait to see it in person!

[Martha]

That scarf makes a lovely light accessory. I can see how several in different colors could be handy.

[Erin]

It looks beautiful! Great job.

[Nonnahs]

Wow, that is SO pretty! And the color is lovely on you!

[Rebekah]

It's quite beautiful! I love that last pictures, the scarf looks quite peaceful by the water, as if it knew it belonged there.

[lisa Co. Springs]

Oh, it did turn out pretty....well done.

[Katherine]

I really like it better on the smaller needles, so I don't see any reason to do it again. Pretty.