Way back when. I took a sad trip to the yarn store and was seduced by that gorgeous bright alpaca. When it made it's blog debut, it had been a few rows of the lace ribbon scarf, from Knitty. Well it turns out that that pattern isn't so great for following in a crowded airport, and by the time I got home, it was completely flubbed up. The poor yarn went through 3 more attempts to become scarves in the intervening months. I think one was from Knitting New Scarves, I have a vague recollection that one was My So Called Scarf, one was something I made up. Nothing was really making me completely happy, there was pooling, blah blah. Finally before the move last year, it too was completely frogged and the poor yarn was put back in the stash.
A month or so after the move, I was feeling the need for the bright colors again and I rewound the ball, so all that kinky yarn would be at the end and I sat down determined to make it work. Same needles, different pattern and voila:
It took most of a year, knitting a few rows here and there when I needed to feel a little cheery. Sometimes it came to knit night when there was nothing else easy enough to work while chatting and sometime last fall it was done, and pressed right into service. I call it the pick me up scarf. It is soft and bright and everything the yarn promised it would be.
If you have some yarn that needs to be something like this here's what to do:
Cast on 33 stitches.
Row 1: K3, K2, *yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k1; rep from * to last four stitches, K1, slip 3 stitches purlwise wyif.
Row 2: K3, purl to last three stitches, slip 3 stitches purlwise wyif.
Row 3: K3, K2tog, yo, k1, *yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k1; rep from * to last 6 stitches, yo, sl 1, psso, k1, slip 3 stitches purlwise wyif
Row 4: K3, purl to last three stitches, slip 3 stitches purlwise wyif.
Rep these 4 rows until you run out of yarn. Bind off, wet block and enjoy.
That's it, easy peasy.
Let me know if you make one, or have troubles with the pattern!
If you have some yarn that needs to be something like this here's what to do:
Cast on 33 stitches.
Row 1: K3, K2, *yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k1; rep from * to last four stitches, K1, slip 3 stitches purlwise wyif.
Row 2: K3, purl to last three stitches, slip 3 stitches purlwise wyif.
Row 3: K3, K2tog, yo, k1, *yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k1; rep from * to last 6 stitches, yo, sl 1, psso, k1, slip 3 stitches purlwise wyif
Row 4: K3, purl to last three stitches, slip 3 stitches purlwise wyif.
Rep these 4 rows until you run out of yarn. Bind off, wet block and enjoy.
That's it, easy peasy.
Let me know if you make one, or have troubles with the pattern!
Very pretty! Thanks for sharing the pattern!
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