I was cruising through Free Republic when I came upon an article titled World’s oldest person dies at 116 in Ukraine. It looked interesting, so I started reading some of the comments. I about lost it when I came to this one:
That title ‘Oldest Living Person’ , seems to be cursed.
Hunter
Wow! That is very cool!
I thought so, tooQ
Christian
Hey, dad! I found the scarf that I am going to start knitting.
It can be found Here
Very, cool. I want to help.
Hunter
How long does it take to make one of those?
I think it kind of depends on how fast you knit, but I will ask Kelly and Christian. They are the big knitters around here.
Christian
Which yarn should I get?
Suggested yarn and estimate yardage
Background colour: 300 g Novita 7 veljestä (light green)
[150g skein = 300m/328yd; gauge: 18×26 = 10cm/4″ on 4mm/US5-6 needles]
Foreground colour: 150 g Novita Wool (black)
[50g skein = 135m/148yd; gauge: 22×26 = 10cm/4″ on 3.5mm/US4 needles]
[Translator’s note: You’ll probably have to substitute the Novita yarns this pattern calls for. It’s usually recommended to knit illusion scarfs with a tight tension in a worsted or light worsted yarn (20-22 stitches = 10cm/4″), for instance Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted or Katia Diana.
Please note that Heidi used a thinner yarn for the foreground colour to enhance the illusion effect. Don’t assume from the above you’ll need twice as much background colour as foreground colour. Usually illusion scarfs use up roughly the same yardage for both. My guess based on my illusion scarf which half as wide is that you’ll need at least 150g or 300m/330yd in each colour, more if you wish a longer scarf.]