Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Go Chiefs! Hat and Scarf

This warm knit hat and scarf is done in the KC Chiefs colors. The yellow is an 70% acryllic/30% wool blend, and the red yarn is wool for extra warmth.

The hat is a 2x2 rib with the red portion long enough to cuff for extra warmth, as shown in the photo. The scarf is knit flat in seed stitch. Seed stitch is so dense that I loosened it up by using larger needles.

Materials

1 skein bright yellow worsted weight yarn
1 skein bright red-orange worsted weight yarn

Size 8, 16-inch circluar needle (hat)
Size 8 double-pointed needles (hat)
Size 10 circular needle (scarf)

Size: Medium - Large
Time: hat 3 hrs, scarf 9+ hrs

See close-up of seed stitch scarf below

Monday, March 24, 2008

Linda's Brimmed Hat and Vertical-striped Scarf

I mixed it up by crocheting the scarf and knitting the hat. The hat has a floppy brim and the scarf is long, thick, and heavy and has a woven look.

Materials

I made this from 3 partial worsted-weight skeins

Size 8 circular needle (hat)
Size 8 doublepoint needles (hat)
Size H crochet hook (scarf)

Size: Large
Time: hat 3 hrs, scarf 6 hrs

See close-up of scarf below.

Linda's Cuffed Hat and Reversable Scarf

This hat is a beanie top cuffed hat done in a 2x2 rib with chunky weight yarn. The scarf, also chunky, is nice and long. I don't know what the name of the stitch pattern is - I was fooling around trying to come up with a different reversible pattern and stumbled my way to this. It's a four stitch repeat of k3 p1, plus an extra k2 on the end on every row.




Materials

1 skein black chunky yarn
1 skein blue chunky yarn
size 10, 16-inch circular needle
size 10 doublepoint needles

Size: Large
Time: hat 2-3 hrs, scarf 6-ish hrs

See close up of scarf stitch below.

Linda's Earflap Hat and Scarf

This is another no sew earflap hat in seed stitch with short braided tassels. The scarf is a loose garter stitch. The scarf is short, but long enough to wrap around the neck for wear under a coat.

Materials

1 skein (200 yds) worsted
Size 8, 16 inch circular needle (hat)
Size 8 double-pointed needles (hat)
Size 11 circular needle (scarf)

Size: Large
Time: hat 3-4 hrs, scarf 2 hrs

See closeup of seed stitch hatbelow.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Linda's Tam and Tube Scarf

There is nothing more fun to me than fair isle and multistranded knitting, and tams are quick and fun and can even be works of art.

The hat is knit in tru fair isle style, in DK worsted weight yarn and is mostly maroon, black, and white but I used a little blue on the front. The scarf is a knit tube using the same maroon, black, and white in aran worsted weight yarn.

Materials

Tam

Less than 50g of each:
- White DK yarn
- Black DK yarn
- Maroon DK yarn
- Blue DK yarn

2 Size 6, 16-inch circular needles

Scarf

1 skein black worsted-weight yarn
1 skein maroon worsted-weight yarn
1 skein white worsted-weight yarn

Size 9, 16-inch circular needle

Size: Large
Time: Hat 6 hrs?, scarf 10 hrs? - not sure...

Linda's Big Blue Hat and Scarf

This knit beanie and scarf was quick and easy with Plymouth Encore Chunky, and I love that vibrant koolaid-blue color!

This hat is just a plain knit beanie using a 1x1 rib. The scarf is the basketweave pattern based on 4 k 4 p repeat across 6 rows. i cast on 22 stitches and slipped the first stitch to give it a more finished edge.



Materials

1 1/2 skeins chunky yarn
Size 10 circular needle
Size 10 double-point

Size: Large
Time: hat 2 hrs, scarf 4 hrs

See close-up of basketweave scarf below.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Linda's Think Pink Beanie and Scarf

Pink is the color of passion and this dayglo fuzzy pink yarn is full of passion! The beanie is knit in a 2x2 rib, and the scarf is garter stitch.

Yarn donated by the Yarn Shop in Overland Park, KS.





Materials

1 skein chunky fuzzy yarn
Size 11 circular needle
Size 11 double-point needles
Size 19 needles (scarf)

Size: Medium
Time: hat 2 hrs, scarf 1 1/2 hrs