Modifications:

• Didn’t make a provisional cast on because I didn’t know when starting if I wanted to wear it just as scarf or join to a loop. In retrospect I would not do this again, as sewing the scarf together causes a visible joint.
• After casting on, purled one row to have some stitches to start from. From RS, it shows as “knit-stitches” and doesn’t really show up. Should be easy to hide afterwards. Retrospect: Not as easy as I thought. Don’t do this.
• Omitted the Sl1 stitches - causes huge stitches at the border in this thin yarn, meh. Knit them instead, doesn’t matter much except you get a little knot at the border instead of the huge slipped stitch.
• Used up 0.85 skeins = 356.8 yards (326.2 meters), 3.4 oz (96 grams)

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Started with yarn Madelinetosh Pashmina in Moonstone (Sport weight), but didn’t like how the pattern looked in this yarn - not really defined because of the twist in the yarn itself. And too bulky, as you can see in the “compare” picture: The upper yarn is MTosh Pashmina, the bigger knitted part below shows MTosh Merino Light, both in colorway Moonstone.

The colorway Moonstone - a pale, washed out lavender - seemed to fit perfectly for this “little” project… and I love Moonstones anyway with their milky, soft bluish glow, always reminding me of lunar light floating on water.

As I had MTosh Merino Light in the same colorway, I changed plans and tried with this yarn - much better, clear stitch definition, though much lighter too of course, so the scarf should get really “airy”.

After 2 pattern repeats: Phew. I hope I have enough stamina to finish knitting this. You really have to pay attention to the pattern. I’m not used to lace knitting, this is the first “real” project. Made several mistakes with all the yarn-overs both in RS/WS, suddenly a stitch was missing etc.
But fixed it and after the first repeat it gets easier as you can see the pattern better (except the middle section, this is really tough, I have to follow the written pattern stitch by stitch).
I’m helpless though when I need to knit back yarn-overs… :/

One pattern repeat in MTosh Merino Light is ~5cm so I need to repeat the pattern 24 times at least to reach 120cm….

{long knitting pause of a few months}

May 2015: Started again… somehow knitting seems to go easier now, I even managed to frog a few rows and pick up everything again without losing the whole thing. Very pleased how it turns out. :)

August 15: Finished! //hopping around// ;)

It turned to be a very wearable cowl, more like a fashion accessory than for warmth of course. I liked the challenge to knit this, but it wasn’t exactly recreational for me and … but I’m not an expert lace knitter, so my fault, the pattern is flawless.

And yes, I blocked every single one of those little picots! :D