I picked out white, green and lavender, and felt there was enough for a scarf, so off I went, knitting on size 6.00 needles. I chose a broken rib pattern because it offers stretchiness and texture as well as interest to what can be quite a boring accessory to knit.
The scarf turned at just over 4 feet long. It's very warm and drapes well, and should be suitable for a 6-8 year old child. Apparently the rule of thumb for scarves is that they should be as long as the child is tall.
There was still some of the yarn left, so I thought a hat would be good too. But frankly, knitting the scarf had been a bit boring, even with the rib pattern, so I thought I would go for something a bit more challenging in the hat. Opting for basic colourwork, I used the lavender for the brim, then started rounds of alternating coloured stitches. The first round was one green stitch, one white stitch, then the next round was one white stitch, one blue stitch. This is the effect it produced:
I was particularly pleased because I finally got the hang of holding one colour in each hand while knitting - a really important skill for fair isle and similar knitting. I also got the tension reasonably right, so that the yarn behind the stitches doesn't pull, but forms a good insulating layer. This will be one warm hat for whoever gets it via Operation Orphan.
There was just enough yarn left at the end to make a pompom!
This is the completed set. Does it look like a set? I'm not sure that it does, but it doesn't really matter. Incidentally, the scarf is doubled in the photo, which is why it doesn't look very long. So far this year I have now made 14 hats towards my target of 52 - just about right for mid-April.
I quite like working with chunky yarn because it works up very quickly. I love the hat and scarf the hat looks lovely, it's fun to experiment like that especially when you get such a perfect result. :) xx
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