Mystery Scarf

The other day I went to the yarn store to purchase some lace yarn for an upcoming project.  While waiting for my yarn to be wound I started wandering around and came across a large basket with bags of yarns.  In each bag was five skeins of yarn and a simple pattern labeled "Mystery Scarf."  I was totally intrigued..."so, you just do this easy pattern with the yarns?"  Someone had put together each of the bags selecting yarns that went together, more or less.  The samples looked awesome so I decided to get one.  It took me a long time to decide between the one I picked and another more colorful one.  I may have to go back...

Here are the yarns that came in my packet placed in the order I wanted to knit them.  They were also all different textures and thickness.  The pattern was simply to cast on 140 stitches (I increased to 170) and then knit each row.  I did five rows of each yarn and came out to a pretty good width.  Any other scarf I've ever done has knit the width back and forth, but this one knit the length.

This is a picture of my scarf all scrunched onto one of my circular needles.  You can start to see the stripes as I worked up and down the length of the scarf.

I like how different this scarf is - it's a little ugly, but that's what makes it cool.  I said to my husband: What do you think of my scarf?!  His response: Oh yeah, that's...different...  Interpretation - he doesn't like it.

I think I'll wear it mostly with black.  The yarns were actually a steal - the pack was $35 for the five yarns and I probably have enough leftover to make one more with what I have.  Plus, the yarn is beautiful, unique and from a local shop.  I'm sure I would struggle attempting to recreate on my own, those I have surprised myself recently with my creative genius.  Overall, a successful weekend of knitting projects!

Here's a closer look at the different yarns used: