Knitted Infinity Scarf

One craft that we started last winter was knitting. Although many laughed that this activity was only for old ladies, it has proven quite useful in our frigid Canadian winters, and we have since had people requesting us to make them something warm. The most exciting part of taking up a new craft is buying all the materials you need for it. So, of course, we scrounged up any materials we could find in our basements then went out and bought the rest.

We decided to keep things simple to start, and what’s easier than a straight, simple patterned scarf? Or so we thought. There were some times we had to start over, had holes we didn't know how to fix, a little bit of anguish and frustration, but eventually got the hang of it and in fact, it even became quite simple.

After accomplishing the basic scarf, we wanted to try something that still encompassed the general principles but was a bit more complex and stylish. We decided to take on knitting a cowl or an infinity scarf. In this pattern, we used 25mm needles and a thick wool to create a large chunky look. These needles may be hard to adjust to in the beginning, but their large size allow you to make scarves very quickly.

We did a simple K1, P1 pattern to give the scarf a smooth appearance, which did create some challenges, as this pattern caused the edges to curl in. We compensated for the curling edges by making the scarf extremely wide, casting on 35 stitches. Once completing it to the desired length, we knit the scarf together to form a cowl. Instead of attaching each end of the scarf together, we attached one end of the scarf to the side of the other end, causing the scarf to sit in a 'V' form on the body. This was the completed look. (This is also the scarf I am wearing under my orange jacket in the picture on our home page.)

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