This is a lovely very bead-i-ful scarf design by Sivia Harding.
The Design
To quote Sivia:
This heavily beaded scarf is an exercise in stream of consciousness knitting. Follow your imagination as you add beaded “rocks” to the ribbed stream... or you can follow one of the four charted designs provided in the pattern.
Sivia also gives you what she calls "Further ideas for Play" --- ideas on modifying the shape of each "rock" in the scarf's "river", thoughts on variations of the bead colors, ideas for yarn colors.
Yarn and Colorways
We do not offer the same yarn that Sivia used in the original scarves you see on this page. You can see our kit yarns in the inset photo on the bottom left of the top picture and again below that. The other photos of Sivia's original pieces are there to show you the basic design of this scarf.
This design can used just about any yarn that appeals, ranging from sport weight to worsted weight yarn. Sivia suggests having between 200 and 360 yards to produce an ample piece that will do you proud.
She lists the dimensions as "Infinitely variable!" -- if you follow the charted patterns your width will be about 5" (6 1/2) inches to a length of 60" (50"). But bear in mind these are scarves and can be as wide and as long as you have yarn for and wish to make them!
You can see from the various scarves in the Project Pages that this can successfully be knit with a solid color yarn or a variegated or anything in between.
What we are offering in these kits are some really pretty special yarns that will be a real joy to knit with, one skein per kit. If you want a larger scarf than one skein will give you, the easiest way to go is to get two kits.
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Our kit:
MadelineTosh's Tosh Sport, 100% superwash merino with 270 yards (246m)/ 100g in the colorway called Spectrum, a gorgeous variegated blend of cool jeweltones.
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Beads
Beads must be prestrung; pattern provides instructions and hints for bead management.
Bead requirements for these scarves are: 1,128 (696, 850, 1,536) size 6/0 seed beads.
Our usual containers contain about 420 of the 6/0 beads, so figure on between two and three or maybe even four containers depending on how heavily beaded you wish to make your scarf.
The "default" kit will include two containers of beads, size 6/0, all one color.
If you want to change that, contact me and I will work with you on what you would like in your kit.
Pattern
The pattern is both written out and charted, with blank charts included for your own designs, and consists of 6 pages.
We have not figured the pattern into the cost of the kit as there are so many different ways one might want to get it.
Please make sure the drop-down menu is set as you would like it before checking out.
1. You can get the pattern directly from Sivia on her Ravelry page here. This will save it for you in your Ravelry library as well as ensuring you will immediately get any updates. If you plan to get your pattern via Ravelry instead of directly through us, set the drop-down menu to "No Pattern Needed."
2. If you would like me to print the pattern for you, that option is available. It would be printed and sent with your kit.
3. Alternatively, you can get a PDF which I will email to you. This is usually sent right before I ship your kit so please be patient.
