Cascade Yarns Blog

While at Stitches Midwest, I took one of their market sessions with Deanna Van Assche for bead knitting and that it was one of those techniques that looked much harder than it was.  So I bough some beads (she sells the kind that are pre-strung) with the intention of designing something using beads.  I really do like the pre-strung beads as you tie the string that the beads are on to the yarn and slide them over.  This way, I did not have to worry about chasing beads on airplanes.    Last December, I had written a scarf pattern for Kim in our office to make with Venezia Worsted and never got around to making myself.  It had a ruffle on each end and a simple lacy rib pattern for the body of the scarf.  I thought the beads would be beautiful at the end of the scarf and I absolutely love an excuse to play with Venezia Worsted . So I picked a lovely shade of purple that matched one of the colors of beads that I had purchased.  Then I...

  I've always loved Merino and Silk - such a lovely combination of fibers.  You get the memory of wool with the shine and drape of silk.  Not to mention, it's super soft and something I can actually wear near my skin.   Venezia Sport is a luscious blend of 70% Merino Wool and 30% Mulberry Silk.  It is a great weight to wear in the Pacific Northwest all but the warmest few weeks.  There are over 300 yards per 100 gram skein - so a one skein project was definitely a possibility.  As an added bonus, this stitch pattern creates a reversible pattern! Gauge = 4 s = 1" US 6 Venezia Sport - color 187 Finished size - 8" x 50" CO - Cast on  K - Knit P - Purl YO - Yarn Over K2Tog - Knit 2 Together CO 32 sts Row 1 - K1, *[YO, K1] - repeat from * to last stitch, K1 Row 2 - K1, *[P] - repeat from * to last stitch, K1 Row 3 - K1, *[K2Tog] - rep from * to last stitch K1 Row 4 - K1, *[YO, K2Tog] - rep from *...