Nicondo is a word that my daughter made up that means “Polite hello and graceful thank you.” So, it’s an appropriate name for this pattern, as my daughter designed it, and we owe thanks to the many people who worked gracefully on it with us.
The Nicondo scarf pattern is reversible, a ribbed zig zag moved across another rib. The knitter still knows which side they are on though, because the edging is a rolled column of stockinette. If the row begins with knit, it’s a moving row (with increases and decreases), if it begins with purls, it’s a “resting,” or knit the knits, purl the purls kind of row.
It takes two skeins of Malabrigo Arroyo yarn, the sample was knit in Borraja. This yarn is so soft that our neighbors rub the scarf against their cheek whenever we show it off. The colors are just as pretty as they look on the computer screen too.
My daughter designed this one, but I did collaborate with her as a patternist and sample knitter. It was nice to have someone else draw the submission sketch, and make decisions about color, which technique in a swatch to pursue, and size. Our neighbor Lindsay modeled it for Kari. It was nice to have someone else made decisions about which photos to take, and which ones to use too!
Jessica at Malabrigo included Kari in the yarn support discussion, and the test knitters, especially KnitEchochic, directed questions to her.
I totally counted this project for her homeschool.
Thanks to Malabrigo for yarn support.
Thanks to our Technical Editor Corrina Ferguson.
Thanks to our test knitters: Lindsay Lewchuk, Knitbyhand, Eileenlawler, Barbara Folk, Knittinmama, Evylynne, and Sue.
Nicondo.
