I couldn’t take my eyes off a beautiful Japanese yarn called Diakeito, Diamusee Fine, at Lea-Ann McGregor’s Knitting Today shop in northern Indiana. The color I liked is two-ply. Each ply is shaded browns with a tiny bit of burnt orange and a smidgen of olive. Then they’re plied together to make a subtly variegated yarn. Oh, it would look so nice with my hair, but at $11.95 a ball, and with limited time for fine knitting, I decided against buying it.
The second time I went to Knitting Today, I saw a pretty scarf that is like a shallow shawl with elongated ends for tying (Fiber Trends Landscape Shawl and Scarf, designed by Evelyn A. Clark). Guess what!? It uses one ball of Diamusee Fine. Sold!
Normally, I make things that are for more than one purpose, like, I may make a sweater for myself, that’s also a good workshop sample. The scarf is for me, and me alone, so it is my project for the Just For Me KAL. And since someone else has already done the designing, it will be a pleasure to knit it!