Quick Christmas Knit II

Right after I finished the cowl, I cast on to make this quickie corkscrew scarf. I followed Karen Baumer's great Multidirectional Scarf pattern and added a frilly corkscrew fringe, one of the many useful things you can pick up from Nicky Epstein's Knitting On the Edge. It took only a day or so to finish (including work, eating, sleeping and goofing off) and just one skein of cashmere in Fiery Sunset. I'm quite pleased with how it knit up with a rather Missoni-like look to it. And it feels... heavenly!

Here's a close-up of the fringe. It makes me think of Goldilocks... and a bowl of fusilli pasta.

I don't know what's up with the colour in this picture (below). The first two are more representative of it in real life, but this ought to give you an idea of how it drapes on an actual person. The scarf is about 3.5-4 feet long including the fringe. It can be made longer, of course, with more yarn. But then you wouldn't necessarily get the curly fringe around the neckline which is where I think it shows to best advantage. Up to you, of course, since you're the artiste.

And since this only takes a little over a day to do, there's time to make at least 20 between now and Christmas! And one for yourself. Naturally. ;)