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Mary Beth asked for the pattern for the scarf I made for my old boss. I made it up, and at the time wrote something down, but whatever that was it wasn’t the scarf I knit. The most obvious problem was that I cast on 45, but each row as written had 49 stitches. I should take better notes.

Using Knit Visualizer from www.knitfoundry.com I charted out the pattern several times and several ways, referring back to the photos I had taken of the unfinished scarf. Turns out I had only cast on 45 and most of problem came from mis-counting the M1’s.

And here we have the resultant pattern, with chart and text: Undulant #2 (pdf)

The software is pretty good. It charts with the mouse or by translating text. As you can see, it prints out both the symbols and instructions for both right and wrong side rows. The selection of symbols is fairly broad, but it could use one for make one-purlwise. I had to use a color symbol. Since in print preview you can edit the instructions, but not the symbol name, a small improvement would be to have a few symbols for special instructions. You can also edit the text pattern as well, which I found necessary since the text is a direct translation of the chart.

In other knitting news, because one just can’t have too many lace projects going at once, I’ve started a lace scarf in rayon for a friend with a wool sensitivity. Pictures later. Birch is in my desk drawer at work, making slow progress during conference calls. F&F, unfortunately, needs to be frogged back 4 rounds. I managed to miss two yarn-overs, one after the other on the last increase row. After I finish the laundry, I’ll lay it out on the bed and frog.

Weather-wise, it’s like fall today: cool and damp—too wet to bike.