This is the ruana I'm knitting right now. I'm using Lion Brand Wool Ease Chunky to make it. The color is called Bay Harbor. It shows up a little more blue in this picture, but it's a little more like a denim color. I'm knitting it on size 13 needles bamboo needles, and the pattern is just K5, P5, all the way across, so it can be cast on in any multiple of 5. In retrospect, I probably should have done it with about 20 less stitches, because it's a little bulkier than I wanted. But it will keep me nice and warm with the cold weather we've been having!
This is a scarf that I'm just about done with. I am using Lion Brand Jiffy, which is a 100% acrylic yarn that looks like mohair. It feels a lot softer when it's in the ball, but it's not quite so soft when it's been knit up (at least, not right now). The scarf is being knit on size 9 bamboo needles, and the pattern is done in multiples of 10. Row 1: K5, P5. Row 2: K4, P1, K1, P4. Row 3: K3, P2, K2, P3. Row 4: K2, P3, K3, P2. Row 5: K1, P4, K4, P1. Row 6: P5, K5. Row 7: K1, P4, K4, P1. Row 8: K2, P3, K3, P2. Row 8: K3, P2, K2, P3. Row 9: K4, P1, K1, P4. Row 10: K5, P5. Then it just repeats, and you end up with a pattern that makes triangle shapes through it. This pattern came from www.knittingonthenet.com/scarves and can be found under "Triangle Scarf." Once you get into the rhythm of it, it's pretty easy to do, it just took some getting used to and a lot of counting to keep track of where I was early on. If you don't have one (like I don't), I would recommend a row counter to keep track of where you are in the pattern, at least while getting started.
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