This scarf was made with one 6 oz (106 yards) skein of Lion Brand Wool-Ease “Thick & Quick” Yarn, using a pair of Size 13 knitting needles. There are 3 parts to the instructions below:
How to cast on 13 stitches (5 steps).
How to knit the scarf (4 steps).
How to cast off the finished scarf (4 steps).
1. To Cast On 13 stitches:
Step 1:
Make a slip knot and thread a needle through the loop. Hold that needle in your left hand.
Step 2:
Slip the tip of the other needle in the front part of the loop, pushing away from you. The right needle should be behind the left.
Step 3:
Take the length of yarn from the skein and wrap around the right-hand needle, letting the yarn rest between the two needles.
Step 4:
Move right needle down, and catch the yarn length onto the needle, creating a stitch.
Step 5:
To continue casting on, slip the new stitch onto the left needle. You now have two stitches cast on. Cast on 11 more for a total of 13.
2. To knit the scarf:
Step 1:
Hold the needle cast with the 13 stitches in your left hand. Slip the right needle through the first stitch, pushing away from you.
Step 2:
Wrap yarn around the right needle.
Step 3:
Catch that strand of yarn with the right needle and pull it through. The new stitch will be on the right needle.
Step 4:
Continue knitting through the skein of yarn. When finished, the length should be about 3 feet.
3. To Cast Off the Finished Scarf:
Step 1:
Cast off when the scarf is at its desired length.
Step 2:
Knit two stitches onto the right needle.
Step 3:
Pull the first stitch over the second and off the needle. Knit a new stitch onto the right needle, then pull the old stitch over the new stitch.
Step 4:
When you reach the last stitch, slip it off the needle and thread the yarn through; pull to form a knot.
NOTE: This scarf pattern was originally published in the January 6, 2006, issue of the Washington Post. The author was Hetty Lipscomb.
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