Jananas

I first met Jamie, who founded Urban Flute Project, in my Competition and Strategy in Creative Industries class this past semester. He came in to speak to us about being an artist, launching something new, and the difficulties associated with trying to get grants. He and I began speaking afterwards, in part because I wanted to pick his brain about how relevant some of the policies in our final paper were for the actual artists.

I promised him that I would knit him a scarf sometime back in March and just finally finished it up, despite having bought the yarn back in March. I wanted something spring/summer like while still being sturdy. I picked up some Blue Skies Cotton in an apple green and in a charcoal. My initial concept had been to do a leaf lace panel in the green, surrounded by a charcoal border. I couldn’t find a pattern that I liked until recently, when I came across Knitty’s Branching Out. However, the pattern didn’t lend itself well to having an inset panel.

Instead, I started knitting in the green and continued until it was done. I then switched to the charcoal and knit for another 8″ inches or so. I really like the contrast between the bright green and the more stately and subdued grey. I pulled everything together with a single crochet border in the grey.

I haven’t blocked this out. The pattern is already visible and I’m happy with it. Its also a little on the short side, but the bulkier yarn (relative to that the pattern was originally written for) has meant an equally bulky scarf.

So Jamie, I hope you enjoy!

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