It was whilst trying out a new rib stitch that I thought…hey! this might make an effective looking scarf….after a little bit of searching I found a scarf pattern to suit, but it was only once I began to work with the chunky wool/alpaca blend that I thought this might pattern might make a lovely soft, slouchy cowl too!
I’ve not forayed much into adapting patterns and wasn’t sure how the ripple rib would come out when knitted in the round, so I continued on the same pattern as the scarf on straight pins and gauged the length after each repetition of the rib pattern.
This is the free pattern I used, courtesy of the lovely people at lion brand wool*
Wool: Bulky/Chunky 7 wpi (maybe…Paton’s Jet or Sirdar Peru)
Gauge: roughly 14-15 stitches = 4″in stocking stitch
Needles: 5mm
Cast on 34 sts.
For the scarf : Knit 3 rows.
For the Cowl I just knit 1 (so there wasn’t a “seam” effect)
Rows 1 K2, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 2: K2, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 3: K2, p1, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 7 sts, k3, p2, k2.
Row 4: K4, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 6 sts, p3, k3.
Row 5: K2, p2, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 6 sts, k3, p1, k2.
Row 6: K3, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 7 sts, p3, k4.
Rows 7: K2, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 8: K2, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 9: K3, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 7 sts, p3, k4.
Row 10: K2, p2, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 6 sts, k3, p1, k2.
Row 11: K4, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 6 sts, p3, k3.
Row 12: K2, p1, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 7 sts, k3, p2, k2.
Rows13 and 14: K2, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 15: K4, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 6 sts, p3, k3.
Row: 16: K2, p1, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 7 sts, k3, p2, k2
Row 17: K3, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 7 sts, p3, k4.
Row 18: K2, p2, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 6 sts, k3, p1, k2.
Row 19: K2, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 20: K2, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 21: K2, p2, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 6 sts, k3, p1, k2
Row 22: K3, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 7 sts, p3, k4.
Row 23: K2, p1, *k3, p3; rep from * to last 7 sts, k3, p2, k2
Row 24: : K4, *p3, k3; rep from * to last 6 sts, p3, k3
Repeat Rows 1-24
For the scarf the pattern states repeat until 330 cm, but as I wanted to make a cowl I simply gauged the desired length after every few 24 row-repeats
If you are making the scarf end with Row 2 and knit two rows before binding off.
For the Cowl I bound off in pattern rather than knitting the rows as this would give a visible seam when joined up.
I love this pattern and my new cowl and it took less than two days….a nice weekend project.
If I was making this again I’d try and adapt the ripple rib so that I could knit in the round and I would dispense with the K2 border at either side. I’d also knit it a bit deeper and a bit longer…I’ll be trying that after I’ve finished with the lacy cowl I’ve currently got on the pins. For some reason even basic lace patters and I have not made the best of friend’s but ripplin rib cowl has made me want to try different stitches and persevere with them.
On the yarn obsession front I have got a GORGEOUS undyed banana fibre yarn which is just begging to be picked up next. Its silky and slubby and I’m thinking might make a nice scarf itself!
*By the Way, if you want to use the scarf pattern and intend on showing it or reproducing it to your friends do say its from the very nice people at Lion Brand Yarn and give them the credit….to keep the lawyers happy
It’s like another language morroletc. I read the whole thing without understanding hardly any of it and yet…its really absorbing…
I need lunch.
I am sorry KC LOL, i get so carried away with patterns i forget to put the abbreviations.
have a look here:
http://www.coatscrafts.co.uk/Crafts/Knitting/Howtos/knitting+abbreviations.htm
whoops!
KC = Knitting Cat? NOT
I’ve just been and visited one of the auto-generated ‘related posts’ above and I am now convinced that to be a knitter you have to be at least slightly mad if not certifiable. A bat teatowel! You couldn’t make it up…but somebody did!
ahahahahaha…actually wait a minute, that surely means that they (being the auto gen robots) think i am as batty…!
Where are the smileys????
I’m afraid that our easily accessed smiley widget was one of Uncle Les’ clever add-ons in IB and I for one am not clever enough to know how to do it. However, I have put a link to the smileys enabled for WordPress in my Blogroll. You have to put the HTML tags either side of your chosen smiley http://support.wordpress.com/smilies/
Sorry that didn’t work…will try sending in an email!
oh thank the FPU KC…one day it’ll click
:wow: it worked!
doh!
I don’t think :wow: is one of them, but the idea’s good
Purrhaps you should suggest it to WP!
och enough about the smileys.
Any hoo, Morrolsocks I need your help! *What in the name of all that’s cabled is “worsted weight wool” as in all these american patterns? I am trying to find a good pattern for one of those hats with earflaps to cheer up Perfect Daughter , who is having a bit of a Bad Time. Any advice?
yours,
Flustered from Falkirk
* I feel you should be a sort of superhero- Knitting Girl, or Wool Warrior might be a good name?
ahahaha i like it LL, and i can spin yarn from a flick of my wrist like spiderman lol
Yes, i found that a bit of a pest too. Have you seen how many wraps there are per inch? (just wrap around a ruler, not too tightly)
Most patterns haev a Wpi count and thankfully that’s universal so it helps tell your sport weight from your DK
worsted falls roughly in the aran category or between DK and
Aran which isn’t too helpful, but i tend to go to aran weight.
are you on ravelry? That’s very helpful for any knitter
I printed off a wee conversion table and glued it in my notebook
http://knitfree.concepttwist.com/yarn-weights/
Hope that helps, no job is too small for the…aran avenger…hmmm perhaps not LOL
Gee thanks, Feisty Fairisle !!! you’ve saved the World AGAIN!! Champing at the bit to get to the wool shop and find some lovely yarn, armed with my trusty ruler, natch…
Er would you not like to include my ‘umble wee blog in your “Needles and Pins” ?
oh my dear LL are you not?! i thought you were! I shall remedy that! (you are on my RSS feed, does that make up for it!?)
Can’t do fair isle so i’d fear i’d be misleading lol
I think i may also have a nice earflap hat pattern, if i can find iti shall email it to you.
…is terminknitter too severe?