Have vines, will travel*
*No, that’s not a Tarzan quote
For my birthday last year, the lovely La Brainy sent me a hank of Celestial Merino in Sugar Maple. (You Canadians who take this stuff for granted, please note that we don’t have Celestial Merino down here in the States. Not that I’ve ever seen, anyway.)
I wanted to do something really special with the yarn. Since I’m kind of hooked on lace after finishing the Leaf Lace Shawl, I went poking through the knitting section of The Complete Encyclopedia of Stitchery by Mildred Graves Ryan and chose the Traveling Vines stitch. Per the book, it’s a traditional French lace stitch. I wrote up a simple little pattern for a scarf using this stitch, and thought I’d share it with you kind folks. You can find it here.
And here’s a detail:
If you knit this little baby, I’d love to see photos. I used fingering weight yarn, but I think it would look fantastic in laceweight too. I may make another one out of laceweight alpaca in a solid color.
Quelle merveille! I’m casting on as soon as I finish my three pairs of socks in progress and thought.
Posted by: valentina
Just gorgeous. I love the little veins of green in the leaves.
Posted by: Em
Quelle merveille! I’m casting on as soon as I finish my three pairs of socks in progress and thought.
Posted by: valentina
Just gorgeous. I love the little veins of green in the leaves.
Posted by: Em
Even more beautiful finished! ::sigh:: I love that colorway!
Posted by: Kristine
Gorgeous lace! Beautiful colorway.
Posted by: eyeleen
Really beautiful, Cari. The stitch looks much better in your scarf than it does in my socks…but that’s another story.
Posted by: Faith
That sounds like a challenge!! And I have the perfect wool for just such a scarf. I’ll keep you posted….
And yours looks simply splendid, and I love the way in this photo your hair matches the painting behind which matches the scarf. But you knew that already didn’t you!
Posted by: Alison
OOOOOOoooo. Ahhhhhhhhh. How pretty.
Posted by: claudia
Aaaaaand something else to add to the “to knit” list. Excellent.
Posted by: Cindy
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that pattern. The Sugar Maple doesn’t hurt either. How beautiful! Hmmm, I have some pink alpaca laceweight just waiting for something…
Posted by: Vicki
Even more beautiful finished! ::sigh:: I love that colorway!
Posted by: Kristine
Gorgeous lace! Beautiful colorway.
Posted by: eyeleen
Really beautiful, Cari. The stitch looks much better in your scarf than it does in my socks…but that’s another story.
Posted by: Faith
That sounds like a challenge!! And I have the perfect wool for just such a scarf. I’ll keep you posted….
And yours looks simply splendid, and I love the way in this photo your hair matches the painting behind which matches the scarf. But you knew that already didn’t you!
Posted by: Alison
OOOOOOoooo. Ahhhhhhhhh. How pretty.
Posted by: claudia
Aaaaaand something else to add to the “to knit” list. Excellent.
Posted by: Cindy
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that pattern. The Sugar Maple doesn’t hurt either. How beautiful! Hmmm, I have some pink alpaca laceweight just waiting for something…
Posted by: Vicki
i’m totally in love. 🙂
Posted by: carolyn
Oooh, pretty! I like the colors. They look great with your hair and blog. 🙂
Posted by: c
oooh. I have a hank of celestial merino too and you are tempting me… Could you tell us the final dimensions of your scarf? Maybe I’ll order a second hank and make it a little wider.
Posted by: kate
that is absolutely gorgeous. i am definitely going to give it a go….not immediately – but as soon as i’m done i’ll let you know. thanks for sharing!
Posted by: jacqueline
Oh, it’s so beautiful! And how nicely it goes with your hair. 🙂
Posted by: terhi
That is so gorgeous… Oh brother, feels like I’m going back to knitting 🙂 Soon as I’ve finished at least one of my abandoned projects. But maybe I could slip out to the yarn store some time today?
Posted by: marrije
Pretty pretty pretty!! So many lace patterns, so little time…
Posted by: Cassie
i’m totally in love. 🙂
Posted by: carolyn
Oooh, pretty! I like the colors. They look great with your hair and blog. 🙂
Posted by: c
oooh. I have a hank of celestial merino too and you are tempting me… Could you tell us the final dimensions of your scarf? Maybe I’ll order a second hank and make it a little wider.
Posted by: kate
that is absolutely gorgeous. i am definitely going to give it a go….not immediately – but as soon as i’m done i’ll let you know. thanks for sharing!
Posted by: jacqueline
Oh, it’s so beautiful! And how nicely it goes with your hair. 🙂
Posted by: terhi
That is so gorgeous… Oh brother, feels like I’m going back to knitting 🙂 Soon as I’ve finished at least one of my abandoned projects. But maybe I could slip out to the yarn store some time today?
Posted by: marrije
Pretty pretty pretty!! So many lace patterns, so little time…
Posted by: Cassie
It’s gorgeous! Love the pattern, love the colors – thanks for sharing it with us! How do you think this would work with Koigu?
Posted by: Carole
It’s just beautiful! Thanks for so generously posting the pattern, you sweet woman. I have some lovely lace-weight alpaca, so maybe it will become a cari scarf.
Posted by: regina
FABULOUS! I have an almost-DK weight green alpaca I got in MD….it may have to become THIS!
Gads, that Sugar Maple colorway….I’m in LOVE!
Posted by: Norma
Wow..that’s incredible…just up to your usual snuff. Congrats on a work of art!
Posted by: Jon
That is such a beautiful “autumn” color. The little spinkles of green are fabulous. I can’t get my fingers into lace while I have som many other things going, but the pattern is neat and you did a beautiful job.
Posted by: Bev
Wonderful scarf pattern! Thank you for sharing it.
Posted by: Donna
That’s so funny I was thinking of knitting a shawl using the focus in the middle that same pattern. It’s a great pattern, so fun but pretty.
The scarf looks great!
Posted by: Rebekah
Oh, that’s gorgeous. There’so much movement in the motif, and the colourway is fantastic.Thank you so much for sharing the pattern.
Posted by: Tari
It’s gorgeous! Love the pattern, love the colors – thanks for sharing it with us! How do you think this would work with Koigu?
Posted by: Carole
It’s just beautiful! Thanks for so generously posting the pattern, you sweet woman. I have some lovely lace-weight alpaca, so maybe it will become a cari scarf.
Posted by: regina
FABULOUS! I have an almost-DK weight green alpaca I got in MD….it may have to become THIS!
Gads, that Sugar Maple colorway….I’m in LOVE!
Posted by: Norma
Wow..that’s incredible…just up to your usual snuff. Congrats on a work of art!
Posted by: Jon
That is such a beautiful “autumn” color. The little spinkles of green are fabulous. I can’t get my fingers into lace while I have som many other things going, but the pattern is neat and you did a beautiful job.
Posted by: Bev
Wonderful scarf pattern! Thank you for sharing it.
Posted by: Donna
That’s so funny I was thinking of knitting a shawl using the focus in the middle that same pattern. It’s a great pattern, so fun but pretty.
The scarf looks great!
Posted by: Rebekah
Oh, that’s gorgeous. There’so much movement in the motif, and the colourway is fantastic.Thank you so much for sharing the pattern.
Posted by: Tari
Thanks for the pattern! I have an extra skein of mohair that wants to be a lace-something, and this could be it!
Posted by: Diana
BEAUTIFUL lace! I love the way the color changes in little bits. It’s smashingly great!
Posted by: margene
Yum! What do we need to do to get that stuff in the USA? Maybe Ali wants to become a dealer ~ I may try in in KPPPM. Thanks for the pattern!
Posted by: Maggi
Beautiful. I love the little flecks of green. Really lovely.
Posted by: Kathy
GORGEOUS! (Hey, I recognize that yarn hair! 😉 )
Posted by: Kel
That is REALLY pretty! Where did you get your blocking wires?
Posted by: Angela
You lace QUEEN, You!!!!!! You make my heart flutter with all these delicious lacey lacey lacey things.
Posted by: john
Thanks for the pattern! I have an extra skein of mohair that wants to be a lace-something, and this could be it!
Posted by: Diana
BEAUTIFUL lace! I love the way the color changes in little bits. It’s smashingly great!
Posted by: margene
Yum! What do we need to do to get that stuff in the USA? Maybe Ali wants to become a dealer ~ I may try in in KPPPM. Thanks for the pattern!
Posted by: Maggi
Beautiful. I love the little flecks of green. Really lovely.
Posted by: Kathy
GORGEOUS! (Hey, I recognize that yarn hair! 😉 )
Posted by: Kel
That is REALLY pretty! Where did you get your blocking wires?
Posted by: Angela
You lace QUEEN, You!!!!!! You make my heart flutter with all these delicious lacey lacey lacey things.
Posted by: john
How pretty your scarf is!! Thanks soooo much for the pattern!!
Posted by: Kim
It’s beautiful! Thanks for the pattern write-up, it’s on my list!
Posted by: sarah g.
Gorgeous knitted scarf! I have never seen that merino yarn in New York. It is amazining the different yarns that can be found in different countries.
Posted by: knitting maven
you are so ready for fall! congrats! xo
Posted by: kaarin
And here I was all ready to cast on Madil’s shawl and you come out with this gorgeous pattern.
What to do, what to do…
And now I have some fancy Canadian yarn to track down. Yummy.
Posted by: Steph
It’s French. It’s lace. It’s gorgeous. I have yarn.
Duh….
(well, okay, I have about five other things I was supposed to be finishing…and even starting…first…but still…)
Gorgeous, just drop-dead gorgeous. Did you take that one in to your colourist too? because the hair and the stole are astonishing together 🙂
Posted by: Lee Ann
WOW..now that’s a beautiful scarf. Good for you for finding the perfect stitch pattern.
We’ve ordered Celestial Merino from Lucy and should have it for fall. There are other US sources, too (some shops already have it).
GREAT JOB!
Posted by: Rob
How pretty your scarf is!! Thanks soooo much for the pattern!!
Posted by: Kim
It’s beautiful! Thanks for the pattern write-up, it’s on my list!
Posted by: sarah g.
Gorgeous knitted scarf! I have never seen that merino yarn in New York. It is amazining the different yarns that can be found in different countries.
Posted by: knitting maven
you are so ready for fall! congrats! xo
Posted by: kaarin
And here I was all ready to cast on Madil’s shawl and you come out with this gorgeous pattern.
What to do, what to do…
And now I have some fancy Canadian yarn to track down. Yummy.
Posted by: Steph
It’s French. It’s lace. It’s gorgeous. I have yarn.
Duh….
(well, okay, I have about five other things I was supposed to be finishing…and even starting…first…but still…)
Gorgeous, just drop-dead gorgeous. Did you take that one in to your colourist too? because the hair and the stole are astonishing together 🙂
Posted by: Lee Ann
WOW..now that’s a beautiful scarf. Good for you for finding the perfect stitch pattern.
We’ve ordered Celestial Merino from Lucy and should have it for fall. There are other US sources, too (some shops already have it).
GREAT JOB!
Posted by: Rob
I keep coming over to have a look at the travelling vines, but forgetting to mention how *gorgeous* I think it is! Blocking is amazing, isn’t it? Thanks for writing up the pattern — might have to get some Celestial Merino for myself… (Like Kate, I’m wondering about the post-blocking dimensions, too.)
Posted by: alison
Oops! Never mind. The numbers are right there in the pattern, aren’t they? Heh heh. (commenter slinks away quietly)
Posted by: alison
Oooh lala!!!!
Its so beautiful!!
And I know I have a bunch of leftover Baby Ull around here…
Posted by: pippy
In the states you can get Celestial Merino at Yarns by Design in Neenah, WI. http://www.yarnsbydesign.com They are a really helpful bunch, and I’ve seen this stuff in person. GORGEOUS!!! Thanks for an excuse to buy some!!!
Posted by: Amy Lu
I keep coming over to have a look at the travelling vines, but forgetting to mention how *gorgeous* I think it is! Blocking is amazing, isn’t it? Thanks for writing up the pattern — might have to get some Celestial Merino for myself… (Like Kate, I’m wondering about the post-blocking dimensions, too.)
Posted by: alison
Oops! Never mind. The numbers are right there in the pattern, aren’t they? Heh heh. (commenter slinks away quietly)
Posted by: alison
Oooh lala!!!!
Its so beautiful!!
And I know I have a bunch of leftover Baby Ull around here…
Posted by: pippy
In the states you can get Celestial Merino at Yarns by Design in Neenah, WI. http://www.yarnsbydesign.com They are a really helpful bunch, and I’ve seen this stuff in person. GORGEOUS!!! Thanks for an excuse to buy some!!!
Posted by: Amy Lu