Chocolate-Covered Cherry

If you guessed it was the Chevron Scarf, you were right! I may not be the last knitter in the world to do this one. (That honor is reserved for my non-participation in the Clapotis craze. I haven't knitted Clapotis on principle; until I can identify what it is supposed to be, it would be irresponsible for me to make one.) But according to Ravelry, there are 1492 of these recorded, which is probably only a small percentage of the total number in existence, so I have a lot of company.

I cannot explain my desire to knit this scarf. I don't wear scarves, nor do I know anyone who does. There are only about three days a year here when wearing wool wrapped around your neck would not be likely to send you to the emergency room with heat stroke. Still, I couldn't resist. After all, the lack of wool-appropriate weather hasn't prevented me from knitting innumerable wool sweaters, which reside, neatly stacked, in my closet, awaiting the next Ice Age. If you ever wake up to woolly mammoths outside your window, you'll know there is a knitter in San Diego crying tears of joy.

My version is made with a skein of semi-solid chocolate colored Koigu (my first!) and a skein of Fly Dyed Monarch in Ruby Redmond that's been in the stash for a long time, awaiting a project that isn't socks. Together, the colors remind me of those chocolate covered cherries with the creamy pink filling. Mmmmm....