Congratulations to all of us!

Hello All! We were awarded the pink ribbon of the month award from the Susan B. Komen Foundation Philadelphia Affiliate!

The article in online now, and will be sent out in their e-newsletter on Thursday. The article is available here. http://www.komenphiladelphia.org/pink-ribbon-of-the-month-december-pinkknit-a-thon/

Thank you again for making this project such a success! We couldn't have done it without all of you!

We delivered the scarves today!

Well, this is the last post…at least for this year.

Thank you to everyone who contributed. We were so proud to deliver such beautiful handcrafted scarves that you made.

The Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure will post this donation to their Website: www.komenphiladelphia.org

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Congratulations everyone!!

Tying up loose ends

Greetings All, Lisa and Tara here...

We're meeting today to ooooh and aaah over all of the beautiful scarves and tie up the loose ends. Haha - no pun intended. Lisa says, we came through with flying "pink" colors. Thank you again from both of us for making our pilot project such a wonderful success!

We've got one more small detail to ask of you. Lori added a lovely tag to her scarf with a note that includes information about the kind of yarn that was used.

Lisa and I think this was a brilliant idea and would like to add tags to all of the scarves with the yarn info and washing instructions. If you've forgotten what you used we will make an educated guess. Please send this info as soon as possible as we would like to pack them up this week.

Thanks again and great job! When we receive information from the Susan B. Komen Foundation we will post again on this blog.

Lisa and Tara

3 more!

We received three more scarves bringing our total to: 17! so far. I know there are a few more lingering out there. Hopefully we will receive them soon. :)

Rachael knitted this beautiful garter stitch scarf: :)
Wendy wanted to used some gorgeous pink silk from her stash, but it wasn't enough for our scarf. So she knitted this adorable shall/scarf instead.
And Jennifer followed the patterns with some of her own hand dyed pink yarn. Jennifer is suggesting a lace sampler for next year.... thoughts?
By the way, Jennifer's scarf received the most inspection - which was a pass.

The first "How we did" Post

Hello All! I just wanted to share what we've accomplished. I'm still waiting on about five scarves I think? I'm sure they are on their way.

I am thrilled with what we have so far. Everyone made beautiful variations on all of the patterns, used fabulous different colors, and we had some interesting surprises. I am deeply grateful to all participants. Thank you for taking your time to knit something for a complete stranger. I keep hearing phrases such as... "when I do this project next year"... which to me sounds like this was a success. This was our pilot project and so if any of you have feedback for us - we would love to hear it.

Here are the scarves we have so far:

Anne's scarf with some beautiful cable swatches.

Lori's scarf in a fabulous "grapefruit pink" color!
Cary's was the surprise - um, somehow it got felted. The best part of the surprise? All the patterns still look wonderful!
Jess's first knitting project. What a trooper! Learned how to knit just for the knit-a-thon.
And last but certainly not least, Stevie's Grandma knitted like crazy! Yes, that would be seven scarves for the project. Apparently she said to Stevie - I still have more pink yarn, should I keep knitting?
Oh yes, and all of your scarves have passed a rigorous inspection process:
Thank you again for all your hard work - stay tuned for more as they come in.

Tara

The Last pattern

Hello All,

This is the last pattern I will post. You may finish off in anyway you wish, add another inch of garter stitch? or fringes? Whatever suits your fancy. If you haven't contacted me yet to get your scarf to me, October is this week!!! Please plan on sending your scarf to me by next Monday Oct 4th. Thanks!

This is a honey comb pattern from The Ultimate Sourcebook for Knitting and Crochet Stitches, a Reader's Digest Book. One cable needle or double pointed needle required.

Row one: knit border (5 stitches): Knit all stitches.

Row two: knit border, purl all center stitches.

Row three: knit border, knit 1, *lift next two stitches to cable needle hold to back, knit one from left needle, knit two stitches from cable needle, lift one stitch to cable needle from left hand needle hold to front, knit two from left needle, knit one from cable needle* repeat from * knit last stitch before border.

Row four: knit border, purl all other stitches

row 5: knit all stitches

row 6: knit border, purl all other stitches

row 7: knit 1, *lift one stitch to cable needle hold to front, knit the next two stitches from left needle, knit the stitch from cable needle, lift next two stitches onto cable needle, hold to back, knit the next stitch, knit the two two stitches from the cable needle* repeat to last stitch, knit 1, knit border.

row 8: knit border, purl all other stitches.

repeat these 8 rows until you are happy with.

Enjoy!

Bands and Folds

Hello Everyone! We're on the home stretch!

Some people are starting to finish, or run out of yarn... :) I still have yarn and would like to add a few more inches to mine. Whenever you feel your scarf is done, please contact me at my personal email address for a mailing address: inkfishpress@mail.com. I'd really like to have all scarves by Oct. 4th. Be in touch if that's not do-able so that we can figure out what will be. The scarves I've seen look fabulous! If you'd like to send an image to post on the blog - feel free to send one to my email address.

This week's pattern:

This one turned out to be a bit more subtle than I thought it would. You will need a set of double pointed needles the same size as your current working needles and one pair of needles 3 sizes larger.

Front:

Back:

Row 1: Knit 5 stitches in our border pattern. Knit 1, purl 1, for the next 30 stitches. Knit last five stitches in the row into the border pattern.

Row 2 and 3, repeat row 1.

Row 4: knit first 5 stitches with a double pointed needle same size as the current working needle. Switch to larger needle and knit all 30 stitches. Switch back to smaller double pointed needle to knit off the last five stitches.

Row 5: knit the border with a double pointed smaller needle, switch to larger needle and purl all 30 stitches. switch back to smaller double pointed needle and knit off the last five stitches.

Row 6: same as row 4

Row 7: same as row 5

Row 8: stitch back to regular working needle (non-double point). Work entire row onto this needle. knit first five in border pattern. Slip the next five stitches onto the same size (smaller size) double pointed needle. Hold these to the front of the work. knit one from the double pointed needle, purl one from the back needle, five times. Repeat the previous twice more. You should have three "twists".

Repeat rows 1 - 8 three times.