Kushu Kushu scarf

Well, if you thought 82 photos was a lot to take of a scarf, how about the 180 photos I took of the finished Kushu Kushu scarf?!!! Yes, that was both pre- and post-felting but one of the reasons it has taken me so long to post this project is because I'm having a hard time editing it down! But it's time to give it a go...

Kushu Kushu scarf

Date:
July 11th - August 4th, 2007

Yarn:
About 240 yards(?) of Habu silk stainless A-20-16 lavendar
About 180 yards(?) of Habu super fine merino A-177-00 off white (only shown on the kit page)
I bought a kit and this was before I had a digital scale so I actually have no idea how much yarn came in the kit or how much I used... or how much I have left!

Needles:
US #8 SPNs (Takumi bamboo) for the stainless and merino portion. I switched to a smaller needle size for the stainless only portion, as per the pattern, but I can't remember what, only that I didn't follow the pattern exactly.

Pattern:
Is it Kushu Kushu or Kusha Kusha? It seems to be referred to as both, but at any rate, it is kit 78 by Setsuko Torii. The pattern is also posted online at The Purl Bee.

The story:

Wow, this seems like so long ago! This was my first encounter with Habu. Inspired by other projects online, I visited the store (just mere blocks from my office!) and fell in love. And what better setting to swatch than by a lake?

I knit quite a bit on the subway (my first experience with GoKnit pouches - I recently bought a few more to handle my multiple active projects. It was also one of my early iPhone photographed and posted projects). I also knit by the river.

To be honest, it wasn't my most favorite of knits - I didn't have too much of a problem with the stainless but it didn't have the lush tactile quality that I enjoy so much about the process of knitting, and it was also somewhat monotonous, especially under the deadline of my sister's birthday. In fact, I had to "give" my sister the scarf unfinished at the beginning of a shared vacation in South Carolina, only completing it towards the end of the trip in time for her to take it home with her.

And because I was in such an intense production mode while knitting the scarf I didn't really get to "look" at it properly until I was finished and then... wow. The final product certainly didn't disappoint, and it helped that I had access to a beautiful natural light and surroundings to take final photos before sadly parting with it.

In progress shots:

Pre-felting:

Felting (yikes!):

Post-felting:

Here you can see the whole length of the scarf:

For all the various abstract, textural and/or draped shots though, I have to say that this is one of my favorites just for the perspective:

Flickr set is here.
Ravelry link is here.

Comments

[Nicole]

First, the scarf is beautiful. but what I'm wondering: Where do you live that you have such perfect grass this time of year??? I mean SERIOUSLY that is some GORGEOUS grass!! Right now (in oklahoma) ours is all brown and yuck... even still in the summer it doesn't look as good as that!!