FRTLLNECK
by Molly Tebo Frill neck is a jaunty little wraparound buttoned scarf with a frill. It is ideal for wearing under a coat or for keeping your assets warm when it's cold outside.
Photo $\copyright$ wouter! on Flickr. Used under CC license It is named for the Australian frill-necked lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingi) that the colours of this fiber evoked for me. This pattern was designed for the 4 ounce challenge on Ravelry. It includes spinning instructions, but may also be knit from commercial worsted or bulky weight yarn. I used: $120\mathrm{m}$ of worsted weight (10wpi) yarn, spun as a navajo 4-ply from 'Funhouse' by Southern Cross Fibre (large - instructions in brackets) $102\mathrm{m}$ of bulky weight (7wpi) yarn, spun as a navajo 4-ply from Thermograph' by Spunky Eclectic (small) · 4mm needles (for both sizes)
Gauge
Worsted $=$ approx 4 sts and nearly 4 rows to the inch Bulk ${\bf y}={\bf a}$ pprox 4 sts and 2.5 rows to the inch Both measured across half linen stitch
Starting the Scarf:
Cast on 16 (20) sts Set up rows (including buttonhole): Rows 1 & 2: sl 1, knit across Row 3: sl 1, K10(14), SSK, YO, YO, K2tog tbl, K1 Row 4: sl 1, K1, Ktbl, Ktbl, K12(16) Begin half linen stitch
Half linen stitch (rows 1-4)
Row l: sll, Kl, \*sl 1 wyif, $\mathrm{K}1^{*}$ repeat from \* to \* until last 2 sts, K2 Rows 2 & 4: sl 1, K1, P to last 2 sts, K2 Row 3: sl 1, K1, $\mathrm{\ddot{~}k l}$ , sl 1 wyif\* repeat from \* to \* until last 2 sts, K2 Repeat these 4 rows for (26) 28 inches finishing with row 4.
Note
The increase rows when worked after rows 1-4 should continue the pattern while adding a lot of extra stitches, causing the scarf to curve outwards and ruffle. $\mathrm{K=knit}$ $\ensuremath{\mathrm{P}}=\ensuremath{\mathrm{purl}}$ $\mathrm{sl}=\mathrm{slip}$ stitchto other needle Wyif $=$ with yarn infront $\mathrm{tbl}=$ through thebackloop $\mathrm{SSK=}$ slip slip knit (decrease 1) $K2\mathrm{tog}=1$ knit two together (decrease 1) $\mathrm{Kfb}=\mathrm{knit}$ front and back (increase 1) $\mathrm{YO}=$ yarn over (increase 1)
Work increase rows once - 28(36) sts
Increase rows
Row 1: sl 1, K1, Kfb to last 2 sts, K2 Row 2: sl 1, K1, P to last 2 sts, K2 Work linen stitch rows 1-4 four(six) times Work increase rows twice - 100(132) sts Work 4(2) rows as follows: Row 1(3): sl 1, knit across Row 2(4): sl 1, K1, P to last 2 sts, K2 Cast off normally or perform special cast off if you have a fair bit of yarn left: K2, \*knit these two sts together through the back loop. $\mathrm{K}1^{*}$ Repeat from \* to \* until one st remains. Cut yarn and pull through Weave in all ends. Block if desired.
Button Placement
The button should be placed across from the buttonhole and just inwards from the garter stitch edge. This is illustrated by the photograph below.
This pattern (and all photographs unless otherwise noted) are $\circledcirc$ 2010 Molly Tebo. All rights reserved. Email mollytebo@gmail.com with any questions.
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Spinning Instructions:
Choose 4oz of handpainted tops. Something colourful will work especially well. I used ‘Funhouse' from Southern Cross Fibre and ‘Thermograph' from Spunky Eclectic.
Thermograph spinning in progress Split the top in half any way you choose and spin two roughly equal singles. My singles were 20wpi semi worsted spun. Navajo 4-ply these two singles. This is like a Navajo 3-ply except that the extra single is carried along. If you haven't tried Navajo 3-ply, attempt this first as it will help you understand the idea behind this yarn construction. There are some excellent YouTube videos showing this technique. When you Navajo 4-ply you reach through the loop that you create and pick up either one of the singles to create the next loop (but not both). Thus one single becomes three plies as with Navajo 3-ply and the other, carried along, is the fourth. I tend to alternate between bobbins, but you can do as you please. Iry to take from the singles bobbins at approximately the same rate so It is best to spin slowly as the singles will tend to kink up and will require smoothing as you go. If you are having trouble, start with a park and draft type technique and go from there. Note that this is a reasonably challenging plying technique. If it feels like you're wrestling an octopus, you're probably doing it right. A lightly tensioned lazy kate helps a lot and I've been known to use my mouth and toes to coax singles into line as well!
Music for spinning to
Want to listen to something new? While spinning this I listened to the album Fourthcoming by one of my favourite bands - FourPlay. A wonderfully eclectic string quartet, they have a particularly awesome rendition of 'Killing in the name of'.
