Most new knitters seem to knit a scarf for their first or second projects. I skipped that part. Now, one year and eleven months after learning how to knit, I’ve finally done a scarf. Yippie! I think I might have to make a few more. It’s a nice way to explore the land of Expensive and Exotic Fibers.
I picked up a skein of JoJoLand Cashmere lace weight yarn while at the Stitches Midwest convention back in August. I thought that good cashmere might not 
itch so much as that cashmere sweater I bought from Land’s End a few years back does. Of course, I was wrong.
Why is it that I can wear the roughest, scratchiest wool for hours and be OK, but after five minutes with a nice, soft, fluffy cashmere scarf around my neck I want to tear my skin off?
Fortunately, pretty cashmere scarves make nice gifts. This one goes in the mail today, to someone in a slightly colder climate. I always enjoy thinking about all of the things I’ve made and 
sent off, keeping my northern friends and family warm. I’ve thought about making a few more to send away, although after reading about the ecological problems related to cashmere goat herding in China, I think that I’ll either find some sustainably-raised cashmere, or another nice soft fluffy fiber altogether. Alpaca and silk comes to mind…
I must say that this yarn makes the softest, loftiest fabric, like ever. The scarf feels like a cloud, if a cloud weren’t just bits of moisture.
The recipient is very lucky!!
That is a gorgeous scarf!
Your work is beautiful. I live in Texas, too. Don’t knit but do a lot of crocheting.