FauxCable Scarf
Found this stitch pattern in a much larger gauge in a sweater pattern on what I think was a blog in Portuguese – and found it so intriguing I though I’d just use it in a scarf pattern.
The 12-row pattern is as follows:
Row 1:
K3 * P1, YO, K3, K2tog, K4, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3
Rows 2, 4, 6. 8, 10 and 12:
K3 * P9, K1, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3 (you will have a K1 before the last K3, so you will really be knitting 4 stitches at the end, but the last 3 knit stitches will be part of the garter stitch border.)
Row 3:
K3 * P1, K1, YO, K3, K2tog, K3, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3
Row 5:
K3 * P1, K2, YO, K3, K2tog, K2, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3
Row 7:
K3 * P1, K3, YO, K3, K2tog, K1, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3
Row 9:
K3 * P1, K4, YO, K3, K2tog, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3
Row 11:
K3 * P1, K9, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3
Repeat these 12 rows until you get the length you want, add fringe or finish as you like; wash, if necessary, block and wear:)!
Needle and yarn
Notes
Directions: Use 16-inch circular needle. Cast on 100 stitches. Knit in k2p2 ribbing for approximately 2.5 inches. For the next 8 rows, knit all the knit stitches into the back (twisted stitches), then back to K2P2 ribbing until length you wish – I knit another 10 rows or so. Use 3-stitch i-cord bind off. Use that for the bottom of the neck warmer. The twisted stitches cause the center rows to bow in just a little and twist ever so slightly. The yarn is also very soft and lovely to work with!
Needle and yarn
Notes
I bought 2 skeins of the red yarn, but really only needed 1. For the orange, I don’t even think I got through 1/2 of the skein I bought, so if you have some yellow or orange in your stash, you probably won’t need to get another skein.
It’s knit in the round – I use Magic Loop method, but you can use double pointed needles.
Cast on 48 stitches. Knit K1 P1 for however long you want the cuff to be, then switch to just knitting every round. When you get to where you want to make the thumb gusset (in my case it was 28 rows), at the beginning of the round, P1, k in front and back of the next stitch (an increase), k1, k in front and back of the next stitch (another increase), P1.
Knit the next round, except for those two purl stitches.
Repeat those two rounds until you have 13 stitches between the two purl stitches.
Knit the next round (2nd round in the pattern).
Place the 15 thumb stitches on a stitch holder.
cast on three sts (I usually turn the work, purl on three stitches, then turn the work again and continue the round.
Go back to the 15 thumb stitches. Put them on the needle. Pick up five stitches. Knit in the round for about three rounds. Bind off.
weave in ends.
Use the first glove as a template for the second one.
Knit about 10 rounds. Bind off.
Thanks to Robin hrobin1 here on Ravelry from the Columbia Sip ‘N Knit for giving me to the impetus to write this up!
Check back here in about a month or so and I will have a free pattern or two available – my own design or freely allowed by someone else and properly credited!
Until then….. you’re stuck with pictures of knitting past – mostly other people’s designs!
September 16, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Oh duh! Columbia, Merlin! Only where my DH’s corporate headquarters (or the headquarters of their subsidiary or something) is located. Why in the heck didn’t I notice that earlier??? If he ever has to go there, I’m dumping the kids with their Grandma and tagging along. I wanna sip & knit!
October 15, 2008 at 9:33 am
Absolutely! You’ve got to do it! Please – that would be amazing!
June 20, 2009 at 2:36 pm
having such an intereseting blog like you, you should know that it is a must to offer a cup of coffee for the readers… and since its Saturday evening.. a glass of wine would do too..
all the best from over the pond.. Christa from Switzerland
June 20, 2009 at 2:38 pm
HAHAHa! Definitely a glass of wine – especially fuer die Europaischen!!
(Und fuer mich – es ist nie zu frueh!):)
Aber Kaffe ist gut morgens…
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