Kim Knits: Saxon Braid Scarf

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Saxon Braid Scarf

I am making this for my MIL. It is made with Knit Pick's new yarn called Panache. Panache is 40% baby alpaca, 20% cashmere, 20% silk, and 20% extrafine merino. YUM YUM! I would swear it was Debbi Bliss Chunky Cashmerino if I hadn't seen the label myself.

Here is a close up of the pattern...a bit fuzzy...I will see if I can get a better one later :-)

This is my first cable project and I really like it so far. The red yarn you see near the needles is my life line. I decided to thread a piece of yarn through the last row of the repeat so if I mess up during the next repeat I will only have to go back that far. I had messed up earlier and it was a bear trying to uncross the stitches and get them back on the needles in the proper order!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...: Just wondering where you got the pattern for the Saxon Braid - was it "Knitting on the Edge"? - if so, did you find any typos?; 3:05 PM
Kim said...: Yes, it is from Knitting on the Edge and there are errata. Check this page:
http://www.vogueknitting.com/corrections/correct.html; 10:35 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh my gosh, Kim u r awesome...thnks for getting back to us!!!!! We were going crazy trying to figure it out.; 11:49 PM
Anonymous said...: NOW I know what errata is - lol - I thought I was going crazy with that pattern - thanx; 12:33 AM
Anonymous said...: mica is april's sis by the way - in case u were confused =); 9:21 AM
Kim said...: Hey,
Glad I could help you out. It was driving me crazy when I swatched it and someone on Knitter'r Review (KR ROCKS!) told me about the errata. Once you get past that it really is a fun pattern to do...cabling on every other row...

Let me know how it comes out..I'd love to see a pic!; 9:47 AM
Anonymous said...: I am on the 4th repeat - what a great idea by the way about the contrasting yarn through the last repeat row! Why didn't I think of that? I could have used that SO many times!!!! I'll try to get a pic of it later and post it. Maybe in Mica's new blog. Later!; 2:38 PM
Marla said...: Hi!

April sent me the link to this. What a great idea! I'm almost done with my Saxon braid for my Samus and I'm going to start using your red yarn technique.

Thanks,
Marla; 10:30 AM

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