Make your own simple ribbed scarf for winter
In the cooler months, there’s something soothing about creating something warm using your own hands. For those who have the basics of knitting down, but haven’t picked up their needles for a while, this simple but beautiful scarf is a great place to pick back up. The generous wide ribs make for a luxurious scarf, and help to hide any mistakes.
What you’ll need:
- 4mm knitting needles
- 8-ply yarn
PRO TIP: choose a yarn that slowly shifts colours. Not only will you get a wonderful effect as the scarf grows, it will help to hide any little mistakes or wonky stitches.
Method:
- Cast on 76 stitches.
- Begin your first row – knit 4 (K4) stitches, then purl 4 (P4) stitches. Continue until the end of the row – finishing on knit.
- For the second row, begin with P4 and end with P4.
- Repeat these two rows until scarf is desired length.
- Bind off and sew in the ends.
To make a striped variation
Using two different colours of yarn, you can create a bold striped variation.
- Once you have completed 10 rows in your first colour of yarn, continue the same pattern using your second colour.
- Weave your first colour between the first and second stitches of every second row to carry it up, ready to begin again after 10 more rows.
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