Ode To Fall

This is the first project that I have been involved where I started with dyed fiber materials and ended with a finished knitted object. It came about from the Fancy Kitty drum carder group on Ravelry, this was a BSKAL (Batt-Spin-Knit Along) and along the way there would be prizes! My batts won the first round prize where I got a WPI tool from Ron, the maker of FKDCs and a 2oz batt from Blushing Ewe.

It all started when I bought the polworth roving at knit night. Sharon of Stitch Jones brought in her "fiber bin of doom" and I could not resist petting the lovely wool. I had to choose between a lovely light blue roving and an orange/purple roving. I went with the Japanese Maple roving, because they are colors that I don't normally use and I wanted to challenge myself. On my FKDC I whipped up 4 lovely textured batts. Then I spun up the batts into a single and navajo plied it to make a worsted weight yarn. The scarf only took 8 days to knit, because it's done on size 11 needles.

From start to finish this project took 25 days!

Scarf Pattern Off to the Races by Patricia Bishop

Materials used in making the batts:

4oz Stitch Jones polworth roving (Japanese Maple)
1 oz Wool/Silk/Mohair
Sari Silk
Wensleydale Cross Locks
Adult Mohair Locks
Angelina (aurora borealis)
Stacey Charles Ristrato yarn bits
BFL Locks