Scarf Tales — Editor's Cut

I started scarf #3 the very next day after I finished scarf #2, and finally got the scarf that I remembered. This scarf looks more crocheted than knit, and has the looseness I envisioned. It flows, it drapes, it sparkles, and it has already been stolen by Eldest Daughter (it was loomed with LB Inc in "Blue Shades," a favorite of hers).


Like scarves #1 (LB Inc "Copper Penny") and #2 (LB Inc "Autumn Leaves"), this one took only an evening to make (I'm not including frogging and experimenting time here!). It ended up like the others at somewhere between four- and five-feet long, and has a six-inch fringe on each end. Each scarf took less than one ball of yarn (they run a little over 100 yards).

Scarf #3 uses a "triple-wide" stitch, which is the exact same stitch as I described for scarf #2 (the "double-wide"), but which is wrapped around three pegs instead of two. So the pattern is exactly the same, repeated until you reach your scarf's desired length:

— Row 1 e-wrap and knit off (knit stitch)

— Row 2 purl stitch back

— Row 3 e-wrap 3 pegs for each stitch, knit off the first peg, then anchor that stitch and lift the loose loop off the tops of the second and third pegs. Move across the loom wrapping three pegs for each stitch.

Repeat.

The fringes were simply 12" lengths of the same ribbon yarn tied on using a lark's head knot. [sigh] Youngest Daughter has already chosen LB Inc "Carnival" for her scarf.