I made a neck warmer a few years ago and I wear it regularly as I have a problem with a muscle in my neck that doesn't like the cold! So I was wearing it last Monday when I was collecting my daughter from Taekwondo a nice lady who is learning to knit and who is a red belt admired it and asked me if I could give her the pattern and write it out in "English not Knittish" a phrase that I love!
I searched through my many, every expanding, set of books and magazines for the pattern to no avail so yesterday I decided the only thing for it was to pick up my needles and try and recreate the pattern.
So here it is, I think it's an ideal pattern for a beginner who wants to make something a bit more advanced than a plain scarf but who really doesn't want to deal with shaping just yet, I hope you enjoy it!
Neck
Warmer
Materials: 100g
main colour (Patons Fab DK)
25g
contrast colour (Patons Fab DK)
4mm
needles
2
x Safety Pins
Abbreviations:
K Knit
P Purl
sl1 Slip
one stitch (holding yarn at back of work slip the first slip from
the
left hand needle to the right hand needle without knitting)
st
(sts) Stitch (stitches)
yfwd bring
yarn forward over the needle creating a new stitch on
the
right hand needle
K2tog Knit
2 stitches together
Pattern
Using Main Colour cast on 2 sts
Row 1: Sl1, yfwd, k to end (3sts)
Row 2: Sl1, yfwd, k to end (4sts)
Repeat these last 2 rows until 30 sts are on the needle
Next Row: Sl1, yfwd, k2tog, k to end
Repeat this row for 2 inches
Divide
for first loop
^Set Up: slip the
first stitch from the left hand needle onto the right hand (empty)
needle, slip the next stitch from the left hand needle to the safety
pin and hold at the back of work, continue until all stitches are on
either the right hand needle or the safety pin. You should have 15
sts on the needle and 15 sts on the right hand needle. Ignoring the
stitches on the safety pin for now slip the stitches back onto the
other needle so the stitch with the yarn attached to the ball is the
first stitch on the needle. Working on these stitches proceed as
follows:
Row
1 K1, *p1, k1, repeat from * to end of the row
Row
2 P1, *k1, p1, repeat from * to end of row
Continuing
in the 1x1 rib (these 2 rows) until the loop is 3 inches long, ending
with a Row 2, break the yarn and slip these stitches on the second
safety pin.
Now
working on the stitches that had been slipped onto the first safety
pin, join the yarn to the first stitch and complete to match the
first side of the loop.
To
Rejoin the Stitches:
Set Up: Place all the stitches back on one needles by
slipping the first stitch from the front needle then the first stitch
from the second safety pin. Continue until all the stitches are back
on a single needle. Rejoin the main colour and continue as follows:^
Main
Body
Next
Row: Sl1, yfwd, k2tog, k to end of row
Repeat
this row until main piece (from end of the first loop) measures 18
inches
Second
Loop
Work
as first loop from ^ to ^
Second
End:
Next
Row: Sl1, yfwd, k2tog, k to end of row
Repeat
this row until main piece (from end of the first loop) measures 2
inches
Next
Row: Sl1, yfwd, k2tog, k to last 4 sts
Repeat
the last row unitl 6 sts remain
Next
row: sl1, yfwd, k3tog, K2 (5sts)
Next
row: sl1, yfwd, k3tog, k1 (4sts)
Next
row: sl1, yfwd, k3tog (3sts)
Next
row: K3tog
Cut
yarn and feed through loop of final stitch and fasten off
Weave
in the loose ends of yarn.
