This is "A Little Ruffle"(or Its All About the Scarf) a free pattern found here. I spied a sample of this at Close Knit on NE Alberta and although I was there to buy yarn for a different project, I couldn't leave without the pattern and yarn they used for it - Plymouth Earth Hillside Linen, an alpaca/linen blend. It had a beautiful drape and it just looked so cozy I had to have it.
I stuck pretty much to the pattern, which was very straightforward and easy. I liked the construction, working the length of the scarf/shawl first and adding the ruffle at the end. I felt I moved quite quickly through the body construction, and just had to force myself through the couple inches of ruffle.
As I have been wearing it I have noticed it does seem to stretch, I guess just because of all of the weight of the yarn. I don't anticipate that being a problem and may just have to re-block it from time to time. I'm just kind of sad spring is finally maybe here in Portland, meaning a little less need for something like this. It's definitely warm!
One complaint I have is that I don't think the directions were all that clear on which stitches to pick up along the edge - I studied several other peoples' to see if, indeed, there was supposed to be a hole created (there is). I liked this detail it added, but if I make this again (and I'm positive I will) I will probably make it a little less 'ruffly'.
Once I blocked it the yarn got so soft and it did grow in size. I did find myself pulling out a fair amount of 'vegetable matter' while knitting, but some of it may have been the linen that I just wasn't used to. Even despite that annoyance, the drape was just so great, as was the coloring, I put in an order for enough to make a sweater.
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