Red Scarf Project finished

This is a scarf I made during the fall for the Red Scarf Project, a drive run by the Orphan Foundation of America to prepare Valentine care packages for orphans attending college on their own. The packages all include a hand-knit scarf.

I was looking for something to knit on the bias to prepare for a bias lace wrap I want to do (Sarcelle) and found this pattern at Maia Spins. From there I learned about the project on this blog and so I made scarf in red for the drive. January is when they're accepting the scarves so it's time to photograph and mail mine.

At six inches, the scarf is a bit wider than I would have liked. But being a new knitter and thinking that gauge doesn't matter for a scarf, I of course neglected to swatch, so it's my own fault. I meant to do one fewer pattern repeat for the length but forgot by the time I got to the end, so I believe it's just as the pattern was written, other than I few typos that I found and have emailed to the designer.

This was a great knit. It makes a very easy start to knitting on the bias and produces a lovely, warm scarf. I especially like how the subtly variegated yarn turned out. It's not overly pooled or striped, I think it just shows a depth of color.

Pattern: Bias Scarf from Maia Spins
Yarn: Two skeins of Artyarns Supermerino in color 115
Dimensions: 6" by 69"