Scarf One Out of Three

Photo by Dr. Haus

Knitting

With the arrival of fall and winter coming I have started knitting again.  My current project is making a scarf for each of my three nephews.  I finished the first scarf this past week and through this project my knitting creative juices have been flowing.

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I have become inspired to make my first sweater and to start knitting my own clothes.  I had a realization that there is not reason I can't make a simple sweater with my knitting skills.  I have made a 3-4 foot stuffed pig, slippers, slipper-boots, hand-warmers, and scarves.  So why can't I make a sweater?  Stay tuned, I plan to start the sweater once I finish the other two scarves for my nephews.

The first scarf is alternating orange and blue horizontal stripes in a knitting and purling pattern.  I chose orange and blue for the Fighting Illini (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign colors).

Below you can see the first scarf:

Photo by Dr. Haus

With the first scarf done I started working on the second scarf which is using a vertical orange and blue color blocking in a 5x5 ribbing pattern (stay tuned for a future blog post with that scarf).  Here is the pattern for the above scarf which is a beginner friendly scarf.  I will also link some videos in case anyone wants to try to give knitting a try (highly recommend):

Step 1:  Cast on 30 stitches

Step 2:  Knit two rows

Step 3:  Purl two rows

Step 4:  Repeat step 2-3 until you want to switch color (or you can make this scarf in one color.  I repeated step 2-3 (3) times for each color)

Step 5:  Keep repeating steps 2-4 until the scarf is the length you want

Step 6:  Bind off and weave in ends

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