The yarn that was a dare!

A couple of years ago my birthmother was at an art festival in upper state New York.
She was there with my birthfather, my brother and my grandmother.

They came across the strangest wool that they had ever seen. So naturally given my new (at the time) intrest in all things yarn, they bought it for me.

It was Cherry Tree Hill thick n thin in some nice blues greens and browns. In two words it was good stuff.
So it has been sitting in my stash, waiting. Taunting. What will you make with me? What do you dare?

Then Jane came into my radar. She makes the most amazing things with all sorts of unusual yarns. Novelty yarns, ribbon yarns adding baubles and shapes that are rather amazing.

Then Jane put out a challenge for those who read her blog to create a free range scarf.

It was on.

Now it was a double dare!
I knew this was what this yarn was for.
There was no other yarn for it.

So I took off.
My parents were in for Thanksgiving so I asked my mother to pick a number. Any number.
She chose 18.
So I cast on three stitches increased up to 18 and went from there.

It is rather unique there are leaves that will hang down in the center back, and the spiral section is from Scarf Style the ruffles pattern adjusted at the end as I decreased.
I added in a little bit of fun fur and a couple other novelty yarns as I went along.

All in all it was fun.

It was a challenge. I learned how to do the spirals, dropped stitches, knitting backward on short rows. It was a great excercise.

Why don’t you try one of your own?

I dare ya!

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!

Well thedare worked out! Jane picked my name from the two entries she got!
So this

is mine!

YEAH!

And this

is what will happen to the rest of the Cherry Tree Hill yarn. Something a little less free range!
I am loving that KnitScene magazine!