CashSilk Fern

Back in the fall when I travelled to Japan, I brought along one single skein of CashSilk Lace to knit something on the plane. Some kind of planes, trains and automobiles kind of knitting. Lace that was easy enough to remember and interesting enough to keep me knitting. After a few false starts and frogging fits, I ended up with this lace pattern from A Treasury of Knitting Patterns… the diagonal fern lace… and now it’s a cashmere and silk scarf.

Cashmere and silk… divinely soft and inviting.

I was addicted to seeing where the colours would fall.

My scarf pooled a bit in some sections and not in other sections… but it was fascinating to keep knitting and seeing where the pooling might happen. Of course, you can bypass the drama by using a semi-solid or totally solid colour.

Blocked gently.

Since it’s super easy and super nice, I’ve done it up in a snazzy PDF plus handy lace chart for your enjoyment. Should you have a need for easy, but interesting lace…

Check out the CashSilk Fern pattern »

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8 responses to “CashSilk Fern”

Margaret says... April 3rd, 2009 at 11:15 pm

I love it! It reminds me of those “paint your finished lace” pieces which I seem to have seen a lot of recently, but still in a clearly “knit-in color” way. (That probably doesn’t make any sense.) I like the pooling effect, and the pattern is both simple and intricate enough to show it off to great effect. Nice work.
Carolyn says... April 4th, 2009 at 10:22 am

It’s beautiful. I love that the yarn does not swallow the design. Very nice !!!
Felicity says... April 4th, 2009 at 9:39 pm

That has to be one of the most fortuitous examples of pooling I’ve ever seen. Gorgeous.
Rebecca says... April 5th, 2009 at 11:56 am

So very beautiful! The colours are simply stunning!
Alicia says... April 6th, 2009 at 11:13 am

Absolutely beautiful. Perfect pattern, love it!
Silver Ilix says... April 17th, 2009 at 10:37 pm

Wow, that is one yummy piece of knitting!
Lavender says... April 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm

That is such a beautiful scarf! I love the way the colours ended up. It’s perfect! Tried to get the pattern but it won’t download to my computer.
Catherine G says... June 2nd, 2009 at 11:28 pm

With all your beautiful yarns, have you tried knitting them with the K1B (knit one below) technique every second row? It’s a beautiful way to stop pooling of colour with yarns like this – and it creates a beautiful dot or long vertical line “waterfall” effect with the colours. Try it, you might be surprised.

I haven’t tried it with a lace pattern as yet, but it possibly would be achievable, perhaps with selective placement of the K1B. It doesn’t seem to “bulk up” the knitting, either.