Bird's Eye Baktus by Alice Twain
Baktus-inspired little scarf with a feminine but sober bird's eye border. This scarf is built in two identical halves, joined by grafting. The Baktus shape is achieved with a modified bird’s eye lace border, a beginners’ pattern of multiple yarn overs followed by bound off stitches. The scarf can be knitted in any yarn, 1oo grams of fingering or sportweight yarn will produce a decently-sized scarf for an adult. The first stitch of every row is slipped purlwise to create a nice chainette edge; on binding off also slip the first stitch to be bound off purlwise to make sure that the edge is continuous. Baktus is a scarf created by Strikkelise (http://www.ravelry.- com/designers/strikkelise).
Materials
· Dreamincolor Smooshy Sockweight, 1 hank : 100% superwash merino, 4 0z (113 g) = 450 yd (411 m), col. 150 (Happy forest). · Size us 6 (4 mm) circular or straight needle. · A scrap of waste yarn or a very large stitch holder. · Scissors and tapestry needle for grafting. Gauge: before blocking 24 sts x 44 rows = 4"/10 cm - after blocking 24 sts × 30 rows = 4"/10 cm. Exact tension is not particularly relevant in this project. Measurements: Length 82"/210 cm; max width 10"/25 cm. Note: Always slip the first stitch in each row purlwise, this will create a nice, continuous chainette edge.
Special instructions
Yo3: yarn over 3 times by winding 3 times the yarn around the needle. On next row the 3 yos will be knitted, purled, and knitted.
Instructions
C.o. 4 sts. Work 2 rows in g st as foll: Sl 1st st pwise, k3. Start working in modified bird's eye pattern. · R1: sl 1st st pwise, k1, y03, k2. · R2: sl 1st st pwise, k2, p1, k3. · R3, 4, 5: sl 1st st pwise, k to end. · R6: b.0. 2 sts, k4 (5 sts left). After these first rows, continue working modified bird's eye pattern as follows. · R7: sl 1st st pwise, k to last 2 sts, y03, k1. · R8: sl ist st pwise, k2, p1, k to end. · R9, 10, 11: sl 1st st pwise, k to end. R12: b.o. 2 sts, k to end. After each repetition of the above 6 rows you will be left with one more stitch on the needles. Work in established pattern until you have 52 eyelets total. After completing the last repetition, cut the yarn leaving a very long tail for grafting, move the finished piece to a piece of scrap yarn or to a holder and leave aside. Work second half in the same way. Work the same number of eyelets. Turn, b.o. 2 sts, cut yarn leaving a very long tail for grafting.
Finishing
Return the first half of the scarf to the needle making sure that the two parts are positioned so that on joining the bird's eye lace will form a continuous border and the two last rows are positioned so that you are facing the purled side. Graft the two halves together.
Hide the four tails by weaving them on the same side of the scarf (this will become the wrong side). Wash in mild detergent, squeeze out as much water as possible and dry flat. The loosely knit garter fabric will, naturally stretch and offer lots of extra length.
Copyright Alice Twain 2013, all rights reserved. Alice Twain is anItalian knit designer. Her first book is Ai ferri corti, a fast method to learn knitting. She lives in Milan where she works as book editor and knitting teacher. She is one of the gals behind Maglia-Uncinetto.it, the main indipendent Italian knitting and crocheting website. Her blog is Ferricorti.wordpress.com. Contacts: alicetwain@gmail.com.
