Square from the One Row Handspun Scarf Pattern
I've been making squares lately from the Yarn Harlot's One Row Handspun Scarf.
You can read all about it on her blog post here -http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2006/10/12/one_row_handspun_...
It's a very interesting story and her pictures are wonderful.
Stephanie (the Yarn Harlot) used 5mm needles with worsted weight yarn and 26 cast-on stitches to get a 5 inch thick scarf. The pattern can be worked by adding or removing groups of 4.
I usually use aran weight yarn and 6mm needles and cast on 38 stitches.
The pattern is the same every row which is my idea of genius. It is totally reversible and absolutely beautiful. It is perfect for KAS because it knits up quickly and has a nice texture to it for those who may be a bit bored of garter stitch squares.
*K2, ktbl, P1* repeat between * * until you have 2 stitches remaining and K2
Cast on as you like (long-tail works very well for this) and knit until you have an 8" square. I use Lucy Neatby's modified conventional bind-off. It may feel odd for a minute or two but if you have a lot of binding off to do it is much faster and not as tight as a conventional bind-off. It matches the long tail cast-on very well.
You can read Lucy's description here - http://happystitches.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/modified-conventional...
ktbl = Knit through the back loop
Here's a quick video to show this for those who haven't seen this before.
See my photo page for more of this square in stripes, solids and other variegated colours. I will experiment with other weight yarns (double stranded in DK weight or Navajo ply technique with fingering weight) so feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
update: I'm working a square now in DK weight yarn. I'm doing this square double stranded and have cast on 34 stitches with 6mm needles. It is perfectly 8" square!
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Permalink Reply by P. Jeanne Haessler on -
If anything were going to tempt me to take up knitting again it would be this...what a gorgeous yarn and a great stitch...I can see there's no gaps and how warm it is, how dense. Lovely!
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Permalink Reply by Dawne Smith-Sliming on -
Jeanne,
Your crochet does the trick for you. For me it's easier to sit down with a Suduko puzzle than try to do more than a granny square. If you really did fancy knitting again for the fun of it this is a great pattern. I made myself a 6 ft long scarf in fingering weight yarn with this pattern and it is so stunning. I get a lot of compliments on it.
I should warn you these squares are a bit addicting. There's just something about this pattern, especially as you watch how it plays out in variegated yarns.
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