The DNA scarf pattern was designed with Heneke Exotics, a blend of 25% Alpaca, 25% Merino, and 50% Tencel (cellulose fiber). The original scarf appears to combine soft fluffiness with structure and shininess, the latter qualities probably from the tencel.
The first DNA scarf I knit was out of Plymouth Yarn's Baby Alpaca. This reproduced the fluffiness and softness of the original. However, I doubt it has as much structure. The yarn was "mushy" and difficult to knit with, especially for the longer blocks of garter stitch or seed stitch. Cabling was easy, partly because the yarn had quite a bit of give; this led to gaps in the cable crossovers, even when knitting very tightly. Fortunately, the DNA cables have good definition, but the side twist cables do not. Overall, I think it will be okay once it is blocked; at least the sts to row ratio is okay, since the DNA cables are not stretched in the row direction, as some scarves I have seen online.
The first DNA scarf I knit was out of Plymouth Yarn's Baby Alpaca. This reproduced the fluffiness and softness of the original. However, I doubt it has as much structure. The yarn was "mushy" and difficult to knit with, especially for the longer blocks of garter stitch or seed stitch. Cabling was easy, partly because the yarn had quite a bit of give; this led to gaps in the cable crossovers, even when knitting very tightly. Fortunately, the DNA cables have good definition, but the side twist cables do not. Overall, I think it will be okay once it is blocked; at least the sts to row ratio is okay, since the DNA cables are not stretched in the row direction, as some scarves I have seen online.
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