Legolas of the Fall

Thanks to a birthday gift certificate to my fave LYS, Dublin Bay Knitting Co. I obtained a most gorgeous skein of Mountain Colors Bearfoot Sock yarn in the color Sandstone.  This yarn is so incredibly soft and squishy, I knew I had to make something special out of it.

Then during a swap on Ravelry I was gifted the 'Legolas Kerchief' pattern by Susan Pandorf and I knew that the combination would be perfect.

I loved working with the yarn. It just flows so nicely over the needles and into your project, you wont even notice how fast it works up. The drape is perfect and it wears like a cloud.

I was not so pleased with the pattern. The set up section is too concave for my taste and it really had to be blocked heavily to form into shape so as to lay over the shoulders and not curve away from them.  I did a third repeat of Chart 2 and had already decided I would not do the ties, instead increased the edging over the last few rows to create another 1/2 leaf for bind off.  For each leaf tip I used the suggestion from other people to single crochet along the tip of the leaf to start on the next one, so as to not have hundreds of ends to weave in.  Now that the project is blocked and I have worn it, I am contemplating adding the ties on after all. I have yarn left and I think it would be a nice way of wearing it - tied to the back. We'll see.

I think I will make this pattern again, however I will change the set up - maybe to a simple triangular increase - or maybe short rows.

I have learned that I almost never ever follow a pattern. I always change or tink with it. It has to be mine, right?