These two scarves have been crocheted out of sock yarn, hand dyed by a fibre artist in Vancouver, Yoriko, who works at a studio in Granville Island. We had fun browsing the yarns and choosing the skein. The lovely blues of this one made it an easy choice. The 100% wool, sock yarn was not as easy to make up into something nice. There is no drape at all, and I had a few false starts to come up with something. I first knit a chevron shape, then crocheted a ripple stitch, but both were as stiff as anything and used huge amounts of yarn. So I reverted to my trusty double-crochet-with-chain-stitch to make up this open weave.
It's not the greatest yarn for scarf making, but she hasn't complained that it is too scratchy. Perhaps the lesson is that sock yarn is really meant for socks!
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