Briar Rose Orange Scarf

I finished the scarf from the beautiful shades of orange yarn, that I spun from around 6 ounces of Briar Rose Fibers Blue Faced Leicester wool. (See the yarn hanging to dry in the post from October 29.)

I cast on 68 stitches and did a 2x2 rib (knit 2, purl 2), slipping the first stitch of each row. Then I knit two together across the row to get 34 stitches and continued in a 1x1 rib (knit 1, purl 1). Towards the end, I increased (lift the thread between two stitches from the previous row and knit or purl, to keep in pattern, into the back of the stitch). I love hand spun yarn in a rib pattern- it is soft, bouncy, and squishy.

This week, I also make a card for a friend's birthday. I used cardboard as my substrate, prints of vintage photos, a page from a 1887 almanac, a page from a French language book, tissue paper, decorative paper, Golden soft gel as an adhesive, acrylic paint, Pan pastels, Adirondack Ink (tea dye) Smooch Spritz (red) and stencil, black ink, white gel pen, copic pens, stamp with Staz-on black ink, rub-on letters, and acrylic sealer. I am working on layering vintage papers and photos while still retaining their beautiful qualities. I did not want to cover much of the almanac page, since it had so much interesting information on it.