Tank Top Cover Scarf
This was created to cover the plunging neckline of an otherwise-wonderful nursing tank top. I started by trying to make a triangular scarf, but found that the scarf was not becoming wide enough quickly enough as it gained length down my back. So I added the extra YO to increase width more quickly. It was quick, easy, and has been incredibly useful ever since. Gauge was not an issue; I was more concerned with getting a silky, soft, draping fabric for summer wear. The thicker blurb lying on it in the photo is a fabric flower pin I bought to match it. This project would be great for using up extra sock yarn! Gauge is about 5 st/inch in the model. Sample was knitted in Lion Cotton solid, worsted weight, with US 7 needles. Yarn: Whatever you like Needles: To match yarn and to make fabric drape as you like Abbreviations: $\mathbf{KFB}=\mathbf{k}$ nit one stitch, front and back, to make one more stitich. $\mathbf{Y0=Y}$ arn over, knit-style. Row 1: CO one stitch. Row 2: KFB-2 stitches Row 3: K1, KFB-3 stitches. Rows 4-7: Continue to knit to last stitch, then knit that stitch as KFB until you have a total of 7 stitches in your row. Row 8: K3, YO, K all to end. 8 stitches. Rows 9-39: K3, YO, K to end. 39 stitches at end of Row 39. Row 40: K3, YO, K14, YO, K to end. 41 stitches. Row 41 to end: Repeat row 40. In effect, you are adding 1 stitch per row on rows 2 through 7 by using KFB on one stitch. With rows 8 and onwards, you are adding 1 stitch per row by using a Yarn Over. With Rows 40 and onwards, you are adding 2 stitches per row by using 2 Yarn Overs. You could keep adding extra YO's at routine intervals from here onward, but, trust me, your scarf willasume a really weird shape... Knit until you get a width you like for your neckerchief.
