Jon's Knit Blog

Flounce and Flair

A reader (Hi, Colleen!) asked where I found the pattern for the Flouncy Scarf. Well, that's easy. I made it up.

It's really easy. Get a skein of Colinette Giotto. You can probably just do it in one skein, but that depends how big you want the scarf to be. It's meant to be a skinny scarf with dramatic ends.

Cast on a LOT of stitches (like, well over 100. Depends how long you want the scarf to be, and it's probably not the best time to use the longtail cast on! I used the loop method, or at least, I think that's what it is called). Gauge is only relevant in that you might want to figure out how long the scarf will be. I did one on US 10.5's, but this one's on 13's. They're both nice for different reasons.

Anyhow, the body of the scarf is in garter stitch, knit lengthwise. This one has about 20 rows. But make yours however wide you want it to be. When you cast off, instead of breaking the yarn and pulling through the final stitch, use that as the first stitch as you pick up one stitch for each garter row going across the end of the scarf. Knit each stitch. Next row: Knit into the front and back of each stitch. Knit 3 rows plain. Repeat increase row. Knit 3 rows. Knit F&B, K1, Kf&b, K1 until end of row. K 1 row, then bind off. Unless you want your flounce bigger, then make it bigger.

Pick up stitches on the other end of the scarf and repeat the flounce. Sew in the ends, and voila! A flouncy scarf. It shouldn't take very long at all. And if you make it, post a photo on your blog and let me know!