Linen Stitch Scarf

Roy wants a "metro" scarf (which apparently means that it is thin and not too long) so went out and got some wool yesterday. We got Paton's Rainbow 8 ply in some deserty looking colours. It looks like barn owl feathers if you ask me.

See? They look the same! That photo is from wikipedia by the way.

I decided to do linen stitch because I saw this: http://queerjoe.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/work-ethic-throughout-my-working-life-i.html and got excited because it looks awesome! So I googled how to do linen stitch and now I'm knitting it. It even looks like linen.

Anyway, that Rainbow yarn is only acrylic and I don't really like knitting with acrylic much because I always think it's a waste and if you're going to go to so much effort to knit something then you may as well knit with real wool but Roy wanted it so I obliged him. Anyway, the next best yarn in the shop was $12 for 50 grams and I wasn't going to spend that much.

It's still only autumn but it feels like winter so I'd better hurry up and finish the scarf soon.