Kniting a scarf

start 2006-12-25
end 2007-03-04

How to start - the long tail cast on

To start you need to get stitches onto one of the needles, I used 60 stitches for the scarf. Here is how you do it:

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Holding the needles

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How to do a purl

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How to do a knit

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A simple pattern

For the scarf I used a simple pattern: For the very first stitch I used a purl, for the rest I did one row of purls and for the next row knits.

Adding tassels

The problem is that you need to cut a lot of wool to the same length. Funny enough the width of a DVD case is just about the length you want… so here we go

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