Very Special Scarves
There are few more thoughtful ways to show your friends and family your love than by giving them a hand made gift. These hand knit scarves are sure to be favorites of almost any gift recipient on your list! Each scarf is made with 100% cashmere yarn, both beautifully soft and exquisitely hand dyed.
This Lovely Leaf Lace scarf is made with Lobster Pot's 8-ply cashmere in color "Chatham Light". The stitches that create this beautiful and dimensional pattern are a simple combination of strategic yarn-overs and decreases. The lace pattern has a wonderful dimensionality while the stockinette pattern curls around your neck like a big soft hug.
This Easy Mistake Stitch scarf is made with Jade Sapphire's gorgeous 12-ply cashmere in color "Green Tea". If you know how to knit and purl you can make this scarf! Mistake Stitch creates a deep and lofty rib that looks like so much more work than it actually is.
If you'd like to make one of these scarves for a very special loved one, you can find the complete patterns at these links:
Happy Holidays! --Joelle
December 2, 2008 | purl bee | Print | Email Article | Share | in Gifts, Jade Sapphire, Knitting, Lobster Pot Yarn, Scarves, Stitch Patterns - Knitting | 35 Comments
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the photos don't look mixed up to me, can you clarify?
Also, I did link to lots of other yarn options in the materials section of each pattern.
thanks,
Joelle
Gorgeous colors. I'm actually making a mistake stitch scarf now that's super luscious at 12 inches wide! And I've added a 2 stitch border to make a neat selvedge stitch edge (slip first stitch purlwise, knit rest of border stitches, repeat).
Thanks for pointing out the leaf pattern!
xo
All I have to do now is to decide whether to make it for an Xmas present or keep it for myself...
Off topic, I just want to thank you for your inspiration, a previous post , a knitted hat with circular needles, I had never used them I went out and bought 2 sets and have begun my maiden voyage of knitting a hat!
Thank you so much.!
Thanks so much for your comment. In each of the patterns under "materials" I have provided a link to lots of other more affordable yarns that also work for these patterns. Hope this helps!
Joelle
Happy Holidays!
Amy
Kieran
There is nothing wrong with a little cashmere for a special gift. :-)
I assume you're talking about the leaf lace scarf? I can promise you that the pattern isn't wrong, I test knit two times just to be sure!
Did you see in the pattern that on row 2 you end with the last repeat at k3 instead of k5? There is a similar situation on rows 4 and 8 also. If this doesn't solve your problem let us know what you're dealing with in as much detail as you can and we'll be happy to help. (For instance if you have more OR less stitches than you should etc). --Joelle
I'm not sure where you're getting the 5 repeats?
Here is the line from the pattern that seems to be giving you a problem (but please correct me if I'm wrong):
Row 2: K3, *k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k5 repeat from *, end last repeat k3.
So for this row, first you knit 3 stitches, then you knit 2 stitches together, wrap yarn around needle, knit 1 stitch, wrap yarn around needle, slip, slip knit (left slanting decrease), then knit 5 stitches, then repeat from knit 2.
Is this what you are doing? I'm wondering if you're reading "k5 repeat from *" as if you only repeat the previous 5 stitches?
Yay! I'm so glad you worked it out.
Joelle