Floofy Knitting

I recently started going to Knit Nights at Cameron Village Library, for one of the same reasons I started this blog -- Sometimes you just want to talk knitting. The second Wednesday of most months, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, some wonderful ladies meet at the library to knit for local charities. It is a very fascinating and diverse group, with all ages and ability levels. I'm enjoying it very much; and it has inspired me to do a project I never would have thought of on my own: It's Floofy and Pink. I'm just not a Pink Floofy sort of person!

It happened like this: At our last meeting we were told about a small knitting group in a nearby town that had somehow committed to producing a large number of pink shawls for cancer survivors who will be attending a celebration this fall. The small knitting group immediately had my sympathy, because I too have trouble saying "no" sometimes; and becauseI hate deadlines.

Not only that -- I had a sudden, inexplicable , irresistible urge to knit something large, soft, and pink...

so I did.

I went out and got a couple of skeins of Bernat Baby Boucle, cast on with some size 15 needles, and made it up as I went along. It was such a soft, happy, easy knit! I'm especially happy with the way the picot bind-off looks in this floofy yarn -- nice and scalloped! (Close-up at the top of this post.)

I'm strictly a natural fiber person, generally speaking (Well, I'm knitting the Rogue with a blend but only because we found "The Perfect Color" only in that blend. ) but for this project I thought Easy Care was best.

Here's the"pattern" I used, such as it is. I wrote this out mostly for my own reference, 'cause I think I might want to elaborate on it sometime, but here it is for anyone else who would like to try it too.
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Carolina Winter Shawl
(Not too heavy, not too big. Carolina Winters are mild.)
Shawl measures 50" across the top; 36" from top to point.

2 skeins Bernat Baby Boucle
Size 15 circular needles

Cast on 5 stitches

Row 1 : knit 1, yo, place stitch marker, knit 3, yo, place stitch marker, knit 1

Row 2: knit to stitch marker, yo, slip marker, knit to next marker, slip marker, yo, knit to end.

Repeat row 2 until the shawl is nearly as big as you want it. I knit 70 rows.

Border Row 1: knit across, double wrapping each stitch.
Border Row 2: knit across, dropping one wrap of each stitch from the previous row.
Border Row 3: knit to stitch marker, yo, slip marker, knit to next marker, slip marker, yo, knit to end.
Border Row 4: knit across, double wrapping each stitch.
Border Row 5: knit across, dropping one wrap of each stitch from the previous row.
Border Row 6: knit to stitch marker, yo, slip marker, knit to next marker, slip marker, yo, knit to end.

Bind off, using this Picot Bind off:
* Cast on three stitches. Bind off three stitches. Knit 2 together and bind off this stitch as well. Repeat from * until all stitches are bound off.
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