Meshing

This weekend was our wedding anniversary and we spent a lot of it doing things that we loved so this will be a shorter post.

I hope that you include things that bring you joy into your week.  

It doesn't have to be anything grandiose to have a lasting impact on your health and well-being.

For us sleeping in for the first time since last summer was...amazing.  Just having some time to recharge and renew changed everything.  Hubby and I have decided to do this once a month from now on.

We also took time to game a bit.  It was fun to set out on an adventure together that was full of peril and unexpected terrain.  We really enjoyed it and gained quite a bit in the process.  We will have to do more of that too.

We enjoyed the outdoors for a bit as we went on Minecraft Earth and plundered some dungeons.  The weather was beautiful and some of the trees were still in bloom.  

An indulgent gluten-free/ dairy-free chocolate cheesecake finished off our day and it was delicious!

Safe socially-distanced hugs  🤗

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Sending love and light to everyone being affected by this virus.  

May you be safe.  

May your loved ones be safe.  

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I worked most of the week trying to create a way to make a mesh that looks like it has been crocheted.  I got it to the point that I could increase and maintain the fabric but then in decreasing, it looked wrong to me.  So, you may see that later after I iron out the kinks.

I like a nice airy mesh.  This transitory weather where there is a little breeze is perfect for a mesh scarf.  It is a simple pattern to achieve with knit, purl, knit-two-together, and yarn-over stitches.

I find it fun to change up the colors on every two rows, but you can just keep on knitting with one color and it will look nice as well.

Scarf Pattern

Loosely CO 20 stitches in MC on needles that are one or two sizes bigger than called for on the ball band.

Row 1: K1, *YO, K2tog* repeat * * to last stitch, K1

Row 2: K1, purl to the last stitch, K1

Change to CC and repeat Rows 1 and 2 

Continue changing colors every two rows.  Bring the new color up around the previous when changing color.  Give the old color a tug after a few stitches to snug it up.  

Continue until the desired length.

BO all stitches.  

(Optional) Make fringe out of both colors and attach them to both ends of the scarf.

If your mesh is tight you can block it to make it airier.  I found that my first stitches were tighter than the others, so I blocked it a little more vigorously on the edge stitches to create uniformity.

Secure and sew in all ends.

Next week we will talk about making felted dryer balls.

Thanks for reading!

If you have any questions regarding this or any of my other tutorials, please feel free to leave a question in the comments.

Happy crafting!

Ruinwen

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