Beginner's Basket Weave Scarf
Materials needed:
1 pair of size 13 needles
2 - 7 oz skeins of Red Heart (you'll have half a skein left over)
Beginners will have different gauge - but it is about 4 stitches to the inch. Scarf measures about 9" x 74”/80”.. You want this to be a nice long luxurious warm scarf that you can put over your head and throw the ends back over your shoulders.
Cast on 36 stitches
Row 1: (k4, p4) 4 times; k4
Row 2: (p4, k4) 4 times; p4
Row 3: repeat row 1
Row 4: repeat row 2
Row 5: (p4, k4) 4 times; p4
Row 6: (k4-p4) 4 times; k4
Row 7: repeat row 5
Row 8; repeat row 6
Repeat these 8 rows for 74/80”. You will be alternating a block pattern above a pearl block etc.
After awhile you can visually see when to change to the other basket stitch by seeing that you have 4 knit rows when the stitches don’t have any bars on them. There will be three of these rows and one row on your needle. It is then time to do the opposite on the next row to change the basket weave.
End end with a finished block. Use remainder of yarn for fringe/tassels on end of each end.
A good length of fringe is to wrap the yarn width wise 6 times around a Readers Digest/TV Guide sized magazine and then cut one end . Place a tassel about every 3 stitches.
Materials needed:
1 pair of size 13 needles
2 - 7 oz skeins of Red Heart (you'll have half a skein left over)
Beginners will have different gauge - but it is about 4 stitches to the inch. Scarf measures about 9" x 74”/80”.. You want this to be a nice long luxurious warm scarf that you can put over your head and throw the ends back over your shoulders.
Cast on 36 stitches
Row 1: (k4, p4) 4 times; k4
Row 2: (p4, k4) 4 times; p4
Row 3: repeat row 1
Row 4: repeat row 2
Row 5: (p4, k4) 4 times; p4
Row 6: (k4-p4) 4 times; k4
Row 7: repeat row 5
Row 8; repeat row 6
Repeat these 8 rows for 74/80”. You will be alternating a block pattern above a pearl block etc.
After awhile you can visually see when to change to the other basket stitch by seeing that you have 4 knit rows when the stitches don’t have any bars on them. There will be three of these rows and one row on your needle. It is then time to do the opposite on the next row to change the basket weave.
End end with a finished block. Use remainder of yarn for fringe/tassels on end of each end.
A good length of fringe is to wrap the yarn width wise 6 times around a Readers Digest/TV Guide sized magazine and then cut one end . Place a tassel about every 3 stitches.
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