Kingsroad was born when I was reading G.R.R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’.
At
the time I had just created the base of the ‘wayn wheel’ pattern for another
project. The more I looked at those wheels, the more I thought that, with just
a bit of tweaking, they would make for a pretty nice scarf/stole.
Since
this pattern is worked sideways, I figured it could look interesting with long
color changing yarn. The result would be unexpected – just as the Kingsroad (or
any road, for that matter) can be full of surprises. Additionally, working with
slow color changing yarn assures a dramatic result without having to buy a
dozen different colorways…
And
since the pattern was to be worked in separate stripes that would then be
assembled, making this a customizable stole seemed logical to me.
Thus,
the Kingsroad stole was born.
Now,
obviously, with such a gaudy color scheme, it is unlikely this sample Kingsroad
stole would ever be seen on an episode of Game of Thrones, but it’s okay. That
wasn’t what I was aiming for.
Who
knows, maybe you won’t be as tasteless as I was in your choice of colors, and
make a stole the ladies of Westeros would wear.
[I will update this post with the links to the Ravelry project page & shop page as soon as I create them ;)]
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