Simple Purple Scarf

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One of my coworkers in PA loves purple. I have been making her scarves for years. She wears the scarves a lot, so she asks for simple, washable and bulky type scarves.

The yarn is Carnival by Hobbii. It is washable acrylic. My only complaint is that whoever joins the colorways doesn’t do a great job, and I usually end up winding my own yarn balls so that the color changes are not so abrupt. I was about forty rows in when the color changed but I decided to keep on going, thinking it would blend…NOPE!

I ended up cutting the yarn and then just binding off the edge. I used the yarn I cut off to add to the other end to blend the colors better. It was a bit hairy because I was afraid I would drop a stitch and then get frustrated with it.

You can see the pale blue in the skein…right after that, it immediately went to dark blue…the contrast was not good.

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Here it is finished with a more ombre effect. The pattern is one of my go-tos…slpwys, k1, p1 , *k2, p1, repeat from *. Continue this row until you get the length you want.

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I know winter is almost over for her, but I am going to send it anyway so I won’t forget about it!

I have another skein that I will make her some matching fingerless mitts and a hat…those she will get in the fall.

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Beautiful job matching the colours, it looks warm & squooshy!

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That’s very nice of you, and the yarn is so pretty! I can’t tell there was any issue with the color match.

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Your made skills really made this a wonderful scarf! The ombre is really pretty.

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Thanks…she is really conservative when she dresses, so nothing too flashy…it is a nice easy boring knit to watch TV…

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It’s beautiful my friend.

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Very pretty. Love the ombré effect!

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Nice colour for a scarf.

I use Carnival, too, but only for hats so the abrupt colour change doesn’t bother me, it’s not as noticeable.

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Thanks!

Yes, I agree…in the round, it would definitely not bother me at all. I am thinking the same thing with the fingerless gloves…the shorter runs of colors would blend in and not be noticeable at all.

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Beautiful! The pattern may be simple, but the effect is anything but!

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