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January 22, 2006
Drop stitch scarf
I've had this variegated ribbony type yarn for a while now, but I haven't been happy with any of the stitches I've tried. So, I finally just gave up and did a drop stitch. So fast, my kind of knitting.
Here's the "pattern" if you can glorify it with that term: Using larger needles for your yarn than you would normally use, cast on 21 stitches (or more or less to make different widths, as long as it's an odd number). Knit 6 rows. Knit one then yarn over twice (or once or 3 times depending on how long you want the drapy bits) over the entire row and ending with a knit. Knit 6 rows. Etc. Add fringe as desired.
Posted under Knitting at January 22, 2006 04:32 PM
Comments
I love it, what a great texture. Beautiful colour too.
Posted by: lyn at January 22, 2006 06:00 PM
So cute! I really like that butter color right now...so cool.
Posted by: abby at January 22, 2006 06:42 PM
Wow! It looks amazing!
Did you come up with the pattern?
Posted by: Adriana at January 22, 2006 07:14 PM
isn't that fantastic? i'm such a newbie to knitting, but all of the women in my family got drop stitch, ribbon yarn scarves for Christmas!
Posted by: kelly at January 22, 2006 07:50 PM
It looks great!
Posted by: Siow Chin at January 23, 2006 01:31 AM
It's fabulous! I'm working on learning to knit. I would love to be able to make this!!
Posted by: Creative Kismet at January 23, 2006 04:07 PM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Cassi at January 23, 2006 10:52 PM
Thank you so much for the pattern! Any hints on what yarn might be good? I really love the colour you chose.
Sorry I keep pestering you with questions but I really can't stop looking at your scarf! :-)
Posted by: Adriana at January 24, 2006 12:33 AM
Fabulous, I have a multi-colored ribbon yarn, work-in-progress scarf and, like yourself, found that all the stitches I tried with it looked unpleasingly bulky and clumsy and figured the only thing to do was to leave it unstitched for measured stretches but wasn't sure how many rows of single crochet stitches I could get away with in between. Three looks great. Even accounting for the fact that crochet is bulkier than knitting, I think I'll try to get away with three rows when I can get my hands on that project again.
Posted by: oedalis at January 25, 2006 03:34 AM
Your scarf turned out so beautifully! I think the dropped stitch is such a nice pattern, and so simple. I have made several, and it still impresses me :)
Just found your blog, and I really like it!
Posted by: Lolly at February 4, 2006 10:12 PM
Love the scarf! I have some of the yarn sitting in my stash... I'll probably steal this idea for the yellow month of Project Spectrum.
Posted by: Zarah at February 17, 2006 03:07 PM
Can you share what the name of the yarn is that you used for this beauty?
Thanks!
Posted by: Susan at August 14, 2006 10:31 AM
Unfortunately I don't know the name of the yarn; it was an orphan ball in the sale section of the yarn store.
Posted by: Maitreya at December 3, 2006 09:12 PM
Shouldn't you alter your "pattern" to say that you have to, after the yarn-over row, DROP the yarn overs?
Posted by: cat at January 12, 2007 12:09 PM