Quick Scarf
I bought 2 new coats on super-sale at Target a couple weeks back and needed a new scarf. The coats are berry red and light pink. Just to keep it interesting, I also wanted it to coordinate with my new green purse. After search for over an hour at a LYS I finally noticed the Debbie Bliss Soho yarn. It had berry, light pink, and green in it. Perfect!
It's a simple mistake rib pattern. I used 3 full balls and it's really long. It's got to be over 6 feet long (not counting the fringe). Oh -- the fringe. Isn't it pretty? I cut the fringe before I washed the scarf. After washing it the yarn puffed up and the fringe untwisted a bit, giving the fringe ends a soft V-shaped edge. Since it's single-ply it just loosed up like that. I like!
The pattern -- mistake rib -- is so nice for scarves. Reversible, easy to keep track of, doesn't roll, but it allows it to fold which works nicely around your neck.
Don't know mistake rib? It's simple. Cast on an odd number of stitches and knit 2x2 ribbing. That's it! The odd number of stitches makes it so only every other knit stitch sits on top of another knit stitch. So you get single columns of knit stitches, with 3 knits and purls in between.
i *adore* that scarf. and i am loving the Target coats (esp. the red one).
Gorgeous! I love how the colors work so well together, and LOVE how they match that adorably cute purse. {/vague envy}
That is such a great scarf! Thanks for the mistake rib tip!!
Looks great! The colors are to die for!
i love your scarf! looks so warm and so beautiful. I will definitely have to look for that yarn the next time i'm in a yarn store!
mmmm, we saw the Soho at Garden of Yarn on Saturday. I KNEW I should have picked some up! ;)
I love the colors! I don't think I've seen Soho in real life, but it looks so soft in your scarf!
That scarf is wonderful! I'll have to go check out those Target coats this weekend!
Gorgeous.
Oh so pretty! Thanks for sharing your fringe and washing experience with us, too!
Fantastic colors! I would love to see the coats you have to match - they must be great as well.
Hi,
Just stumbled onto your blog. Thanks for the mistake rib! I had seen it talked about but didn't know how to do it. Good job bargain hunting on the coats! Here's my relatively new blog address...
www.curiousgeorgeknits.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Hi!,
I love mistake rib...but would you know how to, say, increase one on each side, every 10 rows, and NOT disrupt the pattern (as for a sleeve). I have 33 stitches I'm trying to increase (with mistake rib throughout).
Thanks for any help!