Since the end of 2019, we, the entire world, have been experiencing an unprecedented time. I hear some knitters seek sanctuary in a knitting community, away from what is going on out there. I am the opposite. I want to face it and record how I spent day after day at home, and leave something tangible in my memory.

C19Q. I designed this for my fellow knitters in quarantine. We watch TV, listen to music (Yo-Yo Ma is a good one, very soothing.) and news/podcast about the virus day after day. We think of others who lost their lives and are in the hospitals, and we are deeply grateful for frontline workers. I cannot tell you how much I miss and wish to talk to my late brother, Mino, if he were still somewhere on earth.

This is a very versatile scarf that you would look forward to wearing once we can go outside, and it is a fun and relaxing knit. There are bobbles (my first try in designing!), yarn overs and knit on wrong side as accents, with the center decrease like a leaf. If you are distracted, skip all that extras. If you are into it, add more. For me, this was the perfect blend.

We are in this together. Let’s stay safe, everyone. We will be OK.

Skills required: k, k2tog, kfb, cdd, m1L, p, ptbl, ssk, yo, bobbles

Sample:
Finished size (blocked): 76” length x 10” width (193cm x 25.4cm)
Yarn: Eden Cottage Yarns Titus 4 ply (Fingering, 75% Merino, 25% Silk, 437 yards/100g) – 0.9 skein used (393 yards/360m, 90g)
Needle: Size US 5 (3.75mm)
Gauge (blocked): 11 sts and 15 rows = 2”/5cm in Stockinette st. (as slanted)
* The gauge is not very important for this pattern, but it affects the finished size.

Test Knitters:

mswannie
otoyan

Please visit Being Connected with HOKARI MINORU to meet Mino.