Sierra Madre scarf

I am working on a scarf using a wonderful bulky yarn in a colorway called Sierra Madre from Blackberry Ridge. This colorway is very evocative of that time of evening when the sun has just gone down leaving a golden glow in the quickly gathering deep blue and violet of the night sky and mountains.

This yarn is a wonderful dynamic balance of muted complementary colors. It conveys peaceful transition as you can almost feel the air dropping in temperature as night envelops the rugged mountains. I really like the desert.

I suppose the fact that there is a 1948 Bogart flick named TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE helps the illusion along.


The pattern that I am using come from this book. The pattern I chose is on the cover. I chose it partly for the short row shaping-something I've never done before. For more about this book go here.