This scarf will be a great addition to your wardrobe. When knit in cotton or linen it is great for the summer months or when knit in a soft alpaca yarn it is ideal for the winter. The lace is just as pretty on the back as it is on the front side, and the best thing about the scarf is that when you are all done, so is the fringe. No need to cut short pieces of yarn to attach for fringe.

Here are some notes on the Feza Natural Alp yarn. I like the looks of the finished project but this novelty yarn does have some unique properties.

The Feza Natural Alp yarn hanks are made up of long repeats of varying yarn types. You will have a run of cotton, followed by a run of linen, by a silk/cotton blend, etc. The different types are joined together with a knot. When I was knitting the scarf, if I was in the middle of a row I knit the knot in, however if I noticed a knot before I started the next row, I cut the yarn at the knot and started the row with the next yarn type. When the scarf was done I tied this yarn end in with the other fringe and cut it to the same length as the fringe. I found that the chenille portion of the yarn didn’t knit up well, so I didn’t use it.

You might be wondering where the name Struwwelpeter came from. As I was working with the brown yarn and knitting the lace pattern it reminded me of the hair on Struwwelpeter - kind of shaggy and disheveled. So I thought why not call it Struwwelpeter after the character in the German children’s book.

“Der Struwwelpeter (1845) is a popular German children’s book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book. Literally translated, Struwwel-Peter means Shaggy-Peter.” from Wikipedia