Downhill Race Scarf
by Peggy Jean Kaylor
Materials:
\* Red Heart Super Saver, 100% acrylic, worsted weight yarn: About % skein each of two colors: #0387 Soft Navy and #0319 Cherry Red (scarf on left, official 2012 colors) and #0319 Cherry Red and #0311 White (scarf on right) are shown above. \*US size 10 % (6.5 mm) knitting needles.
Notes:
\* I recommend use of the knit-on cast on method for this scarf. If you use the long-tail cast on, be sure to stretch it seriously when you finish. You want a nice edge that is not too far off in width and appearance from the edge obtained with a traditional bind-off. 1 do not recommend use of the backward-loop or single cast on methods for this scarf. It would definitely look quite different from the bind off edge and have lots more stretch, resulting in a scarf with one end that is much wider than the other. \* Color changes can be done on any row and the scarf is still nicely reversible.
Gauge:
Make a swatch - Using size US 10% needles and either color, C0 20 stitches and work 30 rows in broken garter stitch: K4, (p4, k4) twice. Check gauge, unblocked:
14 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches.
Adjust needle size to achieve gauge, if it's important to you. Your goal is a fabric with desirable thickness and drape. Remember, this is a scarf and gauge isn't crucial to how the garment fits.
Abbreviations:
BO bind off in established stitch pattern. co cast on using your choice of the 'knit on' or long-tail' cast on methods. kknit. kfb increase 1 stitch by knitting in both the front and the back of the same stitch. ppurl. p2tog purl 2 together.
Instructions:
co Cast on 32 stitches. Row 1 P2tog, p3, (k4, p4) 3 times, k2, kfb. Row 2 (K4, p4) across. Continue Repeat these two rows until scarf is desired length, striping any way you want, BO in established stitch pattern on a row 2. Striping suggestions for scarves shown on page 1: Scarf on left - (24 rows of Soft Navy then 8 rows of Cherry Red) 6 times followed by 24 rows of Soft Navy. Scarf on right - (20 rows of Cherry Red then 20 rows of White) 5 times followed by 20 rows of Cherry Red.
