Monday, May 11, 2015

I thought Spring was finally here and now we are right into Summer.  There's lots of wonderful  summer knitting on hand. I'm not a big fan of cottons, but I have a great selection of cotton and cotton blends and I've been knitting up a storm with all of these yarns.

If you just want simple this summer -- here's a scarf that is 3 skeins of Debbie Bliss Delphi done in  a drop stitch pattern that I got from the Barbara Walker Learn to Knit Afghan book.  

DELPHI DROP STITCH SCARF

Materials: 3 skeins of Debbie Bliss Delphi
Needles:  Size 11

Cast on 16 stitches.  Knit one row.

Pattern:

Row 1: Knit 6, yo  twice, k1, yo 3 times, k1, yo 4 times, k1, yo 3 times, k1, yo twice,   knit 6,
Row 2: Knit dropping all the extra yarn-overs off needle
Row 3 and Row 4: Knit all stitches
Row 5: Knit 1, yo  twice, k1, yo  3 times, k1, yo 4 times, k1, yo 3 times, k1, yo twice k6, k1 yo twice, k1, yo  3 times, k1, yo  4 times, k1, yo  3 times, k1, yo, k1
Row 6: Knit dropping all the extra yarn-overs off needle
Row 7 and Row 8: Knit stitches.

Repeat rows 1-8 until approximately 55 inches.


Cut remaining yarn into fringe.  I cut pieces 18 inches long and then attached the pieces folded in half, so the fringe is approximately 9 inches long.

Here are the colors I have in the shop
or you can buy online at www.woolbearers.net