Pascauli – New England's Narrow Road

When the tiny scarf bug bit me, I ordered some nice yarn and got knitting. I’ve completed two Sophie Scarves so far and now I’m starting to knit “Scarf. No. 4”. It’s scarf knitting project three for me, but it’s named No. 4. I should have planned that better.

This pattern is by My Favorite Things Knitwear (go here to see her pattern page at Ravelry). The scarf will measure approximately 49 inches and has a texture made by knitting and purling. It also includes an edging called “Distitch”. Watch this video to see how it is made. It’s very simple.

A Simple Way to Make a Neat Edge

In the pattern, the edge is referred to as “est” . It occurs at the beginning and end of the row directions. At first I was confused.

Here is what it means: When “est” is at the beginning of the row, it means “slip a stitch purl wise with yarn in front” and when it’s at the end of the row, it means do the distitch – or knit the two stitches together (see the video link above for how to do this). In other words, each “est” means to do that specific part of the edge, which all works together to form the nice edging.

Scarf No. 4 washed and drying on boards — Drying

Pascuali is A New Yarn For Me, and I Think I Love It!

I am knitting this scarf with Pascuali Cashmere Charis. It is an organic Merino and Cashmere blend (70/30). The color is 06, which is a light brown. The strand is very round, and gives nice definition. ALSO… I was able to spit-splice the strand to the new one (yay) and continue on. (I could not do that with the Lang yarn when I knit the Sophie Scarf. I also had knots and splits in the Lang.)

cashmere yarn Lang, Pascuali — My cashmere yarn purchase with Lang and Pascuali balls.

I did need to skip some of the middle rows of knitting in order to head to the decreases. With any luck, I will just make it to the bind off.

The reason I am running out of yarn sooner than I’d hoped, is that I went up to a size 6 needle. The weight of this yarn just seemed to need bigger than a 4, which is recommended in the pattern. Now, I wish I’d chosen a size 5, as it may have been perfect.

Swatching – Yes, Do It For This One

I usually don’t swatch for a scarf. But when the yarn amount is so close, it’s probably the smart thing to knit up a swatch. I’d have had to unravel it to use the yarn, but now I wish I did.

The swatch would have shown me how close I was to the yarn amount used. I may have realized that I needed to use a different needle size. Also the swatch, in this pattern, would have helped me to learn the pattern repeat. This would have definitely helped when beginning the scarf.

Scarf No. 4 is a really nice, soft little neck warmer. I definitely want to make another one using the size 5 needle. Also, I’ve found a new favorite yarn – Pascuali brand.