I decided a couple of months ago to learn to knit. I took a class at my local yarn shop and made a hat and a scarf. The results were nothing special, but at least got me up and running. Next week I start a top down sweater class. And in the meantime I knitted up this scarf as a present. I made a lot of little mistakes, but the halo in the yarn is quite forgiving. To block it I just laid it out on some towels and sprayed it until very damp, then patted it out into a fairly even strip. It dried up nicely and I mailed it off this morning and hope the recipient will enjoy!
Here is a link to the yarn. One skein knits up a lengthy scarf. The yarn is more challenging to handle than I anticipated. I knitted a K1P1 rib on size 7 needles. Nothing special, but the open texture of the fabric suits I think the weight of the yarn and especially the fuzzy floating quality of the mohair.
