DNA Scarf of glory

I'm behind on my picture taking and posting. Sorry.



This is the scarf after one chart repeat plus a few rows. If you look at the bottom, you can my messed up cables which I did not frog and fix because, I didn't want to. I'm not obssessed about doing the pattern perfectly, and most people who look at the actual scarf aren't going to say "Hey, the last bit isn't quite right." It's like my theory about hems. No one is staring at the bottom of your skirt going "hey, that hem is kind of uneven over there" so why spend hours obsessing over getting it perfect?

The yarn I'm using made me nervous at first because the initial knitted fabric is kind of stiff and scratchy. I almost ripped out the project based on that. However, one quick handwashing of my swatch made the fabric drape nicely and made it much softer.

One thing that is a little sad about charted knitting, is that it makes watching certain shows difficult because I have to look down and count frequently. This isn't one of those memorize and go patterns, for me at least. So, no complicated TV shows. Alas. I did manage to knit a fair bit during WorldCon which was great. I thought a DNA scarf was the perfect geeky thing to knit during a science fiction convention.