At the last Red Hat event that I attended I noticed that several other members were wearing scarves of purple and red. So I decided I'd have a go at knitting one for myself. I looked on the web but didn't find a pattern that inspired, so I thought I'd have a go at designing one myself. I chose the Old Shale pattern from this book, adapting it slightly. Then I looked out for appropriate yarn. I chose 4 ply in purple, as I didn't want anything too thick
, and some eyelash yarn in red.As the picture of the whole scarf doesn't give a true idea of what it is like, I've also provided a close-up and one showing the actual stitch pattern.
Yarn:
1 100g ball Sirdar Country Style 4 ply yarn - roughly US fingering weight (M)
1 50g ball Sirdar Vegas (C)
4 mm circular needle
Tension:
7 sts & 8 rows to 1 inch
To make:
Cast on 360 stitches, work in pattern.
1st Row Purl
2nd Row: K1, P to last stitch, K1
3rd Row: * [K2 tog] three times, [YO, K1] six times, [K2 tog] three times; repeat from * to end
4th Row K
Knit 49 rows in M, except for rows 4, 5, 24, 25, 44 and 45 which are in C.
Cast off loosely. Sew in ends.
6 comments:
No one can accuse you of not getting into the spirit of things. That is one wild scarf!
It's rather early in our morning for me to be showing my ignorance; but, what is the meaning of the penultimate row of instructions? I don't understand the "M" and the "C".
Cop Car
Sorry if it isn't clear.
M = the main colour, the purple 4 ply.
C = the contrast colour, the red eyelash yarn.
I hope this makes sense.
Thank you for your comments, pihoqahaiq, and welcome. It's always nice to have new visitors.
Adele--It makes perfect sense! I was thinking in terms of mechanical, rather than artistic. Thanks for the help! CC
Great scarf--thank you for sharing! Love your Blog--thoroughly enjoyed reading your responses in the January Blog re: knitting!
Many thanks for your kind comments. I hope you feel like visiting again.
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