If you’re still looking for projects you can knit for gifts, here’s another great, super simple idea. This Quick Knit Scarf from Smiling Colors is worked with a really big yarn (Loops and Threads Phat, to be precise) and size … Read More...
Keep Classically Warm with a Seed Stitch Scarf
I love Seed Stitch. It’s probably my favorite easy texture (well, I love Moss Stitch, too, truth be told).
It’s great for a lot of reasons. It’s super easy to knit, because as long as you know the difference between … Read More...
This Simple Color-Blocked Scarf is Perfect for Beginners
I’m a big fan of quick and easy knitting patterns. Even though I can do more intricate things, and every now and then a design that really requires my attention is something I want, my lifestyle is such that things … Read More...
Make a Stash-Busting Scarf, or One that Looks Like It
I really like the look of Safarian, a new free pattern from Berroco that uses a combination of Garter Stitch and Reverse Stockinette, as well as four different colors of yarn, to produce a scrappy, patched together kind of … Read More...
Try a Brioche-Like Stitch with this Fisherman’s Rib Scarf
Since we’ve been talking a bit about brioche this week I thought it was appropriate to share this pattern from Classic Elite Yarns for a fisherman’s rib scarf.
Fisherman’s Rib is a stitch that is a lot like brioche … Read More...
Project Spotlight: Mustard Scarf
One of the things I miss since the redesign at About.com (and it’s lovely, so I can’t complain much) is that there’s no longer a blog component so there’s not a place where I can share what I’ve been working … Read More...
Knit a Simple Silk Scarf Using Dropped Stitches
Kara over at Petals to Picots had been holding on to a ball of Lion Brand Collection Silk Yarn, waiting for the prefect project to come around. When she learned about making elongated stitches by wrapping the yarn an extra … Read More...
A Lacy Scarf and a Lesson
This week’s free pattern from Classic Elite Yarns is the lovely Chevron Eyelet Scarf, a great project for summer when you need something to throw on in cooler moments.
In addition to being pretty and easy, this scarf offers … Read More...
Knit a Stunning Scarf for Summer
I know summer and scarf don’t usually go together, but hear me out. This lovely scarf from Classic Elite Yarns uses a blend of linen, viscose and cotton yarn, which is perfect for summer knitting.
The yarn itself is … Read More...
Knit a Scarf for Heart Disease Awareness
February is Heart Month, and even though we’re at the end of the month, it’s always a good time to raise awareness of the fact that heart disease is the biggest killer out there and we all need to be … Read More...
Finger Knit a Sashay Scarf
Sashay yarn
is a really fun product from Red Heart that makes it quick and easy to knit up a ruffled scarf. I’ve shared a video about how to make a scarf with the yarn before, and now Adventures of … Read More...
Scroll Lace Scarf Pattern Free Til 8/31/13
Sometimes on this site I share free patterns that are free for a limited time and then people will come back years later wondering why the link doesn’t work. With that in mind I think I’m going to start putting … Read More...
A Simple Knit Necklace Scarf
Sometimes the best projects are born from happy accidents. So it was for Mellywood’s Mansion’s resident knitter, when she started on a cowl worked in stockinette stitch on really big needles.
She ran out of yarn before it was the … Read More...
Another Quick and Simple Scarf
I guess today is the day for really easy, cute projects, because I also came across this one, the Sunset Scarf from Make it Handmade. It’s a simple ribbed scarf worked in a small amount of bulky yarn with a … Read More...
The Garter Stitch Scarf, Made Prettier
I’d guess just about every knitter has at one point or another knit a garter stitch scarf. It’s often one of the first things you knit because it’s an easy way to get comfortable with forming the knit stitch. You … Read More...
My Last Project of 2012
I’ve been meaning to share this project for a while because it was so fun and the yarn is so lovely that I wanted to talk about it.
Back in early December I went to the Arkansas Fiber Arts Extravaganza … Read More...
Free Pattern: Knit Bow Scarf for Little Girls
The other day my little one and I were talking about the things she needs to be ready for winter. She needs a new raincoat, I said (the 18-24 month one she has just doesn’t work now that she’s three), … Read More...