"Everyone's wearing their scarves like this in France!"

...so says my friend...Maybe it's true, maybe it's not, but I thought it would be nice to show those of you who aren't familiar with this method, how to tie this 'scarf knot'. (Just for kicks, I thought it worth mentioning that one of my co-workers said she watches international poker and that this one champion from France who is always on the broadcasting, always wears a scarf and has it tied just like this. See? Perhaps it IS true?!)

I'm going to attempt to walk you through this; I wish I were better at drawing arrows onto pics and all that, but I'm not.

This looks best with a plain, solid scarf, but you have to admit that Nartian's Chevron looks pretty good like this! This also works best with a long scarf.

1) Take your long scarf and put it around your neck, leaving a short end ("end A").


2) Taking the long end ("end B"), wrap the scarf once (completely) around your neck. See how the first short end ("end A") is the bottom-most layer, then the loop that comes around the front then forms a second scarf layer on top? Then the free end ("end B") is hanging (in this example, it is shown on the right as we look a the picture.


3) Take this end ("end B") and bring it (crossing) under the first short end ("end A") and up through the loop (second scarf layer).

4)Voila! A nice braided knot that will stay in place! The French are doing it, why not you?!


Phew! Hope you were able to follow this! You wouldn't know this, but that took alot of time! Long story, but all of a sudden I couldn't get my pics rotated properly without having to go in and edit and save them individually! UGH! I wish I had more time to get more computer-saavy!

So since this has taken so long, I might as well show off the latest stash enhancement for YPF!

Look what arrived in the mail?!

I had already ratted myself out on having caved and ordered from Woolmeise, and here is the lovely package I received! If you look closely, you will see the mini skein sample I got-it's Rosen Rot, so the color blends in with the bag, but it is tucked right under the flap.

And here, the yarns I couldn't resist...

• Versuchskaninchen 2 (medium intensity), Dani (dark intensity) and Salamander (medium intensity)! The Dani has a nice swath of that royal blue Nartian loves so well. She and I figured out that the Versuchskaninchen is a "Guinea Pig", which she explained (doh!) is one of Claudia's "experiments". This thrilled me and made me even happier that I'd chosen it! Yes, folks, the thrill is in the capture of rare bounty-not only known as Woolmeise, but in an experimental colorway, nonetheless! SCORE! BTW, I hadn't even checked the content of any of them! The Salamander and Versuchskaninchen 2 are 100% Merino Superwash and the Dani colorway is the 80/20. As always, I'm lame and haven't even knit with either of the other two skeins I purchased earlier, but I have had the priviledge of touching Nartian's Firestarters and KNOW this stuff is going to knit up incredibly awesome! Soft, strong, springy fabric! But I also know that the Salish Sea socks will be first, and I can't start those until...well...among many things, I still have a few outstanding small projects and-golly-gee-wow! Secret of the Stole II starts tomorrow!-Wowweee Wow Wow! (Yes, it was a Junie B. story reading night tonight...!) So as always, this Tapmouse is tapped! The usual lament: so many projects...so little time!