Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Simple Projects: Basket Weave Scarf

If you are a beginning knitter and you want to make a scarf that is a bit more interesting then a basic stockinette, then a basket weave scarf is for you (please ignore the dog hair in the bottom picture, it clings to everything I own).   All you need to know to make it is how to cast on, knit, purl, and bind off.

Materials: 
  • 300 yards of DK Yarn (I used Manos Del Uruguay from Purl Soho)
  • Size 6 needles
  • yarn needle
 Cast on 32 inches.  Knit 4 and purl 4 for rows 1-4.  Then reverse and purl 4 knit 4.   Continue until you run out of yarn.   Bind off and weave in ends.  This can  be adapted to any weight yarn and needles you would like to use.

7 comments:

  1. The scarf is beautiful!! How nice you can wear hand-knitted scarf. It looks very warm, too!
    It's totally okay to have dog hair. I have cat hair all over the place :-)

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  2. Oh gosh, I wish I could make this!! I have tried knitting, but haven't had much luck.

    Pip's mom

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  3. What a luverly scarf! My mom has no talent when it comes to doin' stuff like that! ;)
    Happy Wednesday!

    Woofs and Licks,
    Maggie Mae

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  4. Love the scarf! We will certainly try it out, couldn't be much easier.

    Drools and licks,
    Minnie and Mack

    PeeS: Actually, hu-mom will try it, Mack and I don't knit much, its really hard without thumbs!

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  5. Dog hair? What dog hair?!! I'm so used to seeing fur on everything I own it's almost invisible to me now... better that way :)

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  6. So pretty. I need a new scarf, i wish I could make one.

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