To Fringe or Not to Fringe?
I finished my Lady Eleanor! Here she is, in all her glory. Nevermind the odd background color - my photos were too dark so I attacked them with Photoshop. Lady E is actually a bit brighter in real life, but difficult to photograph...I am SO overjoyed with this scarf/wrap - it's by far my favorite thing that I've knit so far, and I'm already itching to make another (although does anyone need two of these? It's pretty distinctive...)
I used almost exactly 10 skeins of Noro Silk Garden, colorway 225, on size 9 needles. Post blocking, she is ~75 inches long and probably 15-18 (didn't measure) inches wide. Just about what I wanted, although I was limited in my blocking by only having a double bed and not wanting to involve the floor, so she could have been longer. Lady E took me about 2.5 months of pretty steady knitting, minus 2 weeks for the Knitting Olympics (gold medal for my first socks!).
So, I want to pose a question for all the experienced Lady E knitters and Scarf Style gurus, and that is: Should I add fringe? I have another skein of yarn, but I'm really torn about it. I love the look of the lacy fringe (like in the book), and I loved the Lady E with the beaded fringe that was posted a few weeks ago, and the tassel-type fringe is lovely as well, but I'm not sure I'm a fringe person. What do you all think? Any comments/suggestions will be most appreciated!
I used almost exactly 10 skeins of Noro Silk Garden, colorway 225, on size 9 needles. Post blocking, she is ~75 inches long and probably 15-18 (didn't measure) inches wide. Just about what I wanted, although I was limited in my blocking by only having a double bed and not wanting to involve the floor, so she could have been longer. Lady E took me about 2.5 months of pretty steady knitting, minus 2 weeks for the Knitting Olympics (gold medal for my first socks!).
So, I want to pose a question for all the experienced Lady E knitters and Scarf Style gurus, and that is: Should I add fringe? I have another skein of yarn, but I'm really torn about it. I love the look of the lacy fringe (like in the book), and I loved the Lady E with the beaded fringe that was posted a few weeks ago, and the tassel-type fringe is lovely as well, but I'm not sure I'm a fringe person. What do you all think? Any comments/suggestions will be most appreciated!
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5 Comments:
At 2:57 AM, Cristina said…
you look like katie holmes!
elanore looks fabulous...i love the colorway...
At 8:28 AM, Stacey said…
I say fringe it! I think it adds that little something else....
At 9:57 AM, gretchen said…
That is gorgeous - and I vote for fringe!
At 11:02 AM, Carolyn said…
Beautiful job! I say enjoy it as it is for awhile, then fringe it later to add new life! It's really gorgeous!
At 2:41 PM, Ana Santiago said…
Wow that scarf is SO pretty! Certainly something I'd love to wear. I vote for no fringe, I think fringe is for a very simple scarf, to add an interesting feature; but this scarf has too mcuh personality for a fringe: it doesn't need it IMO.
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