FO: Down Among the Dunes

Quite some time ago, I made an over-sized Morning Surf scarf from multiple shades of a Colourmart cashmere scrap set of laceweight in blues and greens – A Tumult of Waves.

It was rapidly rehomed and I always promised myself a replacement. Down Among the Dunes takes its inspiration from the shore, rather than from the sea, and is made from the Cashmere/Silk/Merino blend yarn. Like its earlier counterpart, the yarn is held doubled and the shades changed one at a time.

• Cast on Date: 19 September, 2008 (!)
• Cast on: You got me there…
  
• Pattern: Morning Surf Scarf by Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer
• Pattern Price: Free
• Yarn: Colourmart
• • Quality: Cashmere/silk/merino
    
  • Weight: 2/28 NM laceweight (held double)
  • Length: (tbc)
  • Amount: (tbc)
    
  • Cost: (tbc)
    
  • Colour: 7 shades of neutrals and apricot
    
• Needles: 4.00mm bamboo straights
• Stitches: 96
  
• Pattern Repeats: (tbc)
  
• Blocked: yes
• Finished Size: 72″ by 22″
• Cast Off: standard
• Cast Off Date:6 June, 2010
• Ravelry Project: Down Among the Dunes

I used shades from pure white, though ivory and cream, to apricot – and a rather singular (but lovely) greenish gold. I deliberately did not make the ends match, although I knew that I wanted to work light at the centre and shading outward to dark at the ends.

I was very uncertain at times about the apricot element. I’m still not sure, though it does look better now it is weighed at both ends. I was definitely more successful in the shading at the end than I was at the beginning.

This wrap was not as successful as its earlier counterpart – the pure cashmere has the necessary “cling”, whereas the silky yarn used this time tends to maintain the desire to be a single thread. The end result is far loopier and far more likely to snag.

Which is not to deny the piece its loveliness…

This wrap began life some time ago – I picked it up again as a WIP entry to the Colourmart Lovers competition. It had about 6 repeats on it when I started again.