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What to do with two balls of Lorna’s Laces sock yarn when you’ve messed up the socks you were going to knit them into:

I frogged the offending socks and turned them into a perfectly serviceable Feather and Fan scarf. Nice long one, too, perfect for completely encasing the head in superwash-woolly goodness on those frickin’ cold days. Pattern? We don’t need no stinking patterns! This was one of those “pick a stitch, knit until out of yarn” projects.

Oh, all right. For you folks who must have written directions, here’s how to whomp up a similar scarf on your own:

Materials:
2 skeins Lorna’s Laces sock yarn (”Flame” colorway pictured here)
#6 needles - straight, circular, DPN, whatever

Cast on 58 stitches. (4 stitches for selvedges, plus a multiple of 18 for Feather and Fan)

Knit the first 4 rows for a garter stitch edge.

Then knit in Feather and Fan stitch:

1. K2, * (K2tog) 3 times, (yo, K1) 6 times, (K2tog) 3 times. * repeat * - * 2 more times. K2.
2. Knit.
3. Knit.
4. Purl.

Repeat these four rows until almost outta yarn.

Knit the last 4 rows for a garter stitch edge.

Weave in ends, and block. (Nah, I didn’t do that before taking the picture. Work with me here.)

February 10th, 2007 Posted by admin | Fiber Arts | one comment