Silly Papa's Warm Christmas Scarf
Mother asked me to make my father a scarf for Christmas. He's always relied on his Santa Claus-esque beard to keep him warm and then complains to her that he's cold. Of course, I needed to design something. It needed to be simple, masculine, but complicated enough that he could tell his coworkers with pride, "My daughter made that! Isn't she clever?"
So, for the Silly Papa! A Scarf!
Needles: US 10 (can choose different size, depending on how dense you want the cable to be)
Yarn: Aran weight, from a JoAnn's grab bag, about 100 grams.
Gauge: Who cares? It's a scarf!
Size: Around 12" wide, and as long as you like.
Additional Tools: Cable Needle, Tapestry Needle
NOTE: DO NOT SLIP THE FIRST STITCH!! If you slip the first stitch of the row, it makes the edge cable look wonkey.
Key:
k- knit
p- purl
6RC- 6 Right Cross: Slip 3 stitches to cable needle, hold in back, k3, k3 from cable needle
6LC- 6 Left Cross: Slip 3 stitches to cable needle, hold in front, k3, k3 from cable needle
CO 28
7 Border Rows: k2, p2, repeate til end of row.
All Wrong Side (WS) rows: p9, k3, p2, k2, p2, k1, p9
Every Other Right Side(RS) row: k9. p3, k2, p2, k2, p1, k9
Row 14, and every 8th row after: RIGHT CROSS ROW: k3, 6RC, p3, k2, p2, k2, p1, 6RC, k3
Row 18, and every 8th row after: LEFT CROSS ROW 6LC, k3, p3, k2, p2, k2, p1, k3, 6LC
So the pattern goes:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: Border Rows
8, 10, 12: RS row
9 and all odd rows after: WS row
14: RIGHT CROSS
16: RS
18: LEFT CROSS
20: RS
22: RIGHT
24: RS
26: LEFT
28: RS
etc, until the scarf is long enough to suit you. When you feel like you're done, then do 7 rows of the border to complete the thing, bind off in pattern (or against pattern to give it a tiny bit of flair). Weave in ends.
I will update this page with how many crosses MY scarf ended up being, when it's finished.
Mother asked me to make my father a scarf for Christmas. He's always relied on his Santa Claus-esque beard to keep him warm and then complains to her that he's cold. Of course, I needed to design something. It needed to be simple, masculine, but complicated enough that he could tell his coworkers with pride, "My daughter made that! Isn't she clever?"
So, for the Silly Papa! A Scarf!
Needles: US 10 (can choose different size, depending on how dense you want the cable to be)
Yarn: Aran weight, from a JoAnn's grab bag, about 100 grams.
Gauge: Who cares? It's a scarf!
Size: Around 12" wide, and as long as you like.
Additional Tools: Cable Needle, Tapestry Needle
NOTE: DO NOT SLIP THE FIRST STITCH!! If you slip the first stitch of the row, it makes the edge cable look wonkey.
Key:
k- knit
p- purl
6RC- 6 Right Cross: Slip 3 stitches to cable needle, hold in back, k3, k3 from cable needle
6LC- 6 Left Cross: Slip 3 stitches to cable needle, hold in front, k3, k3 from cable needle
CO 28
7 Border Rows: k2, p2, repeate til end of row.
All Wrong Side (WS) rows: p9, k3, p2, k2, p2, k1, p9
Every Other Right Side(RS) row: k9. p3, k2, p2, k2, p1, k9
Row 14, and every 8th row after: RIGHT CROSS ROW: k3, 6RC, p3, k2, p2, k2, p1, 6RC, k3
Row 18, and every 8th row after: LEFT CROSS ROW 6LC, k3, p3, k2, p2, k2, p1, k3, 6LC
So the pattern goes:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: Border Rows
8, 10, 12: RS row
9 and all odd rows after: WS row
14: RIGHT CROSS
16: RS
18: LEFT CROSS
20: RS
22: RIGHT
24: RS
26: LEFT
28: RS
etc, until the scarf is long enough to suit you. When you feel like you're done, then do 7 rows of the border to complete the thing, bind off in pattern (or against pattern to give it a tiny bit of flair). Weave in ends.
I will update this page with how many crosses MY scarf ended up being, when it's finished.
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