Launch into the footy season this year with this simple scarf pattern. You can knit a warm footy scarf in your favourite team’s colours in no time!
Materials
Cleckheaton Country 8ply (50g balls):
Main Colour (MC – purple): 3 balls
First Contrast (C1 – green): 2 balls
Second Contrast (C2 – red): 2 balls
OR
Panda Magnum 8ply (100g balls):
Main Colour (MC – purple): 1 balls
First Contrast (C1 – green): 1 ball
Second Contrast (C2 – red): 1 ball
One pair 4.50mm knitting needles
Crochet hook (for making fringes)
Knitter’s needle (for sewing ends)
Measurements
Width (approximate – slightly stretched): 20cm.
Length (approximate) 150cm.
Tension
Scarf has been designed at a tension of 25 sts and 27 rows to 10cm over rib patt (slightly stretched), using 4.50mm needles.
Abbreviations.
Alt: alternate
beg: begin/ning
cm: centimetres
cont: continue
foll: follows, following
incl: inclusive, including
K: knit
P: purl
st/s: stitch/es
stocking st: 1 row knit, 1 row purl
SCARF
Using 4.50mm needles and MC, cast on 52 sts and beg Rib Patt.
1st row: K3, P2, K2, P2, rep from to last 3 sts, K3.
2nd row: P3, K2, P2, K2, rep from to last 3 sts, P3.
Last 2 rows form Rib Patt.
Using MC, work a further 10 rows rib patt (12 rows MC in all).
Using C1, work 12 rows Rib Patt.
Using C2 work 12 rows Rib Patt.
Last 36 rows form patt for stripes.
Cont in patt (using MC next) until work measures approx 150cm from beg, ending with 12 rows of MC.
Using MC, cast off loosely in rib.
Sew in ends.
FRINGE Cut lengths of yarn in each colour, each length approx 20cm. With wrong side facing, using crochet hook and 6 strands of yarn tog, fold yarn in half and draw through end of scarf, pull end through this loop and draw up tightly to form a knot. Rep as many times as desired along ends of scarf to form a fringe. Trim to neaten.
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