Tutorial: A Knitting Pattern for a 'Woven' Scarf

A finished project!  A finished project! This is cause for celebration around here, that I actually finish a project (I'm more about the process than the product).  This year, though, I'm determined to do more finishing.

This project:  A little knitted scarf, the perfect size for our 6yo little gal. She wasn't available for a 'photo shoot,' so I threw it over the birds' cage:

You can make it, too! Here's how:

Cast on 16

Knit 4

Purl 4

Knit 4

Purl 4

Flip it over and repeat the above for 3 more rows, for a total of 4 rows.

Then...

Purl 4

Knit 4

Purl 4

Knit 4

Repeat that for 4 rows, too.  Then do another 4 rows starting with knit.  Then 4 more with purl.  And so on until the project is as long as you like.  

I used small bamboo knitting needles - size 4, I think.  They were small enough that this scarf took a long time to make (I swapped this project out with faster crochet projects when I needed a break).  Larger needles would be much faster.

(The blue bird was unimpressed.  I couldn't keep him awake.)

If you make a project using this pattern - or if you already have - let me know!  I'd love to see it.

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Comments

[the domestic fringe]

That's a pretty scarf! I never thought I would want to learn to knit, but I do. There's a shop in my town offering classes and I just may have to join. You've inspired me!

-FringeGirl

[Lori Seaborg]

Oh, do learn.  I learned alongside our then-9yo. She was quicker at catching on than I was!  At first, you will feel like you must have too many fingers on your hands.  You'll feel so very clumsy.  But hang in there while your brain and muscles figure it out (creating new paths in your brain, so I've been told).  Soon you will even be able to knit in the dark!