Share your pretty scarf pattern! Experienced knitters please!?

Question

I've got some leftover yarn--a heavy worsted weight. I want to make a scarf, but I'm so over the simple garter stitch scarf. Does someone have something pretty they've done that they want to share with me?

Something with some yarnovers for a lacy look or a simple cable pattern? I've got a whole skein to use--it's slightly fuzzy. Lion Brand Jiffy.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I always just do the garter stitch with a fancy yarn. Quick & easy :)

You can try here, they have LOTS of patterns. http://www.lionbrand.com

Edit: I made a poncho for my daughter that was a lacey pattern.
(I'm estimating the numbers for a scarf... the ponch was obviously bigger! LOL)
cast on 30 sts, knit for 3 rows
pattern row: k2, *yo, k2 together, repeat from * 13 times, k2.
repeat pattern row until scarf is desired length.
knit 2 rows
cast off knitwise.
(your cast off row is the third knit row.)

Answer 2

I just made several scarves for Christmas gifts using Lion Brand Jiffy. It's true -- you'll need 2 skeins if you want a nice sized scarf. You could do a skinny one (just use 16 stitches for styles #1 and #2 or 19 stitches for style #3). The trick with scarves is to come up with a stitch that looks just as good on both sides and I came up with these patterns using basic knit and perl stitches that work out that way nicely with the Jiffy yarn. They look great with the multi-toned colors, by the way. For all three I used size 9 straight needles (size 8 would work fine, too.)

(Style #1. Cast on 32 stiches. Knit 4, Perl 4 for 4 rows. Then reverse to Perl 4, Knit 4 for 4 rows. Continue til you have the length you want. This makes a checkerboard texture of garter and stockinette on both sides.

(Style #2. Cast on 32 stitches.
ROW 1 - Knit 2, perl 1, K3, P1, K3, P1, K3, P1.....end in K2
ROW 2 - Perl 1, Knit 3, P1, K3, P1, K3, P1, K3....end in P1
ROW 3 - Repeat Row 1
ROW 4 - Repeat Row 2
ROW 5 - Repeat Row 1
ROW 6 - Repeat Row 2
ROW 7 - Perl 2, K1, P3, K1, P3............end in P2
ROW 8 - K1, P3, K1, P3, K1, P3...........end in K1
ROW 9 - Repeat Row 7
ROW 10 - Repeat Row 8
ROW 11 - Repeat Row 7
ROW 12 - Repeat Row 8
ROW 13 - start over with ROW 1 through 12
Continue repeating Rows 1 to 12 til you have length you want. This makes a nice sort of nubbly bubble texture

(Style #3. Cast on 35 stitches
ROW 1 - K3, P1, K5, P1, K5, P1, K5, P1, K5, P1, K5, P1, K3
ROW 2 - P2, K3, P3, K3, P3, K3, P3, K3, P3, K3, P3, K3, P2
ROW 3 - K1, P5, K1, P5, K1, P5, K1, P5, K1, P5, K1, P5, K1
ROW 4 - same as Row 2
ROW 5 - same as Row 1
ROW 6 - same as Row 2
ROW 7 - same as Row 3
ROW 8 - same as Row 2
ROW 9 - same as Row 1
ROW 10 - same as Row 2

Keep repeating rows 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 (not that complicated -- every even row is like Row 2 and odd rows alternate between Row 1 and Row 3. ) This makes a deep, wide textured ribbing -- I call it "The Caterpillar".

Happy knitting!

Answer 3

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I think you'll need more than 1 skein of Jiffy for a scarf though, unless you do one of those really skinny long ones...