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| Vertical Drop-Stitch Scarf |
Yarn: Berroco Weekend DK (75% Acrylic, 25% Peruvian Cotton; 268 yards [247 meters]/100 grams); #2924 Rhubarb - one skein
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Notions: Tapestry needle
Gauge: 22 stitches = 4 inches
Okie-dokie-o, let's get started! As I've mentioned, we will be working this scarf with I-cord edgings, and as you can probably tell from the pictures, we will be tapering the ends for the prettiness factor. So, before we get to the main pattern, we will cast on 8 stitches and then work the following set-up rows. Your I-cord edgings will consist of 3 stitches on either edge of the piece, and if you want a tutorial about the process, please go here. Basically, we will be slipping these stitches on the right sides and purling them on the wrongs; that's really all you need to do to create what looks like an I-cord. Anyway, did you get those 8 stitches cast on? Good, then let's continue like so:
Set-up Row 1 (wrong side): p3, k2, p3
Set-up Row 2: slip 3 wyib (with yarn in back), m1r, p2, m1l, slip 3 wyib
Set-up Row 3: p4, k2, p4
Set-up Row 4: slip 3 wyib, k1, m1r, p2, m1l, k1, slip 3 wyib
Set-up Row 5: p4, k4, p4
Set-up Row 6: slip 3 wyib, k1, p1, m1r, p2, m1l, p1, k1, slip 3 wyib
Set-up Row 7: p4, k6, p4
Set-up Row 8: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, m1r, p2, m1l, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Set-up Row 9: p4, (k2, p1) twice, k2, p4
Set-up Row 10: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, k1, m1r, p2, m1l, k1, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Set-up Row 11: p4, (k2, p2) twice, k2, p4
Set-up Row 12: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, k2, m1r, p2, m1l, k2, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Set-up Row 13: p4, k2, p2, k4, p2, k2, p4
Set-up Row 14: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, k2, p1, m1r, p2, m1l, p1, k2, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Set-up Row 15: p4, k2, p2, k6, p2, k2, p4
Set-up Row 16: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, k2, p2, m1r, p2, m1l, p2, k2, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Set-up Row 17: p4, k2, p2, k2, p1, k2, p1, k2, p2, k2, p4
Set-up Row 18: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, k2, p2, k1, m1r, p2, m1l, k1, p2, k2, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Set-up Row 19: p4, k2, (p2, k2) four times, p4
Set-up Row 20: slip 3 wyib, k1, (p2, k1, yo, k1, p2, k2) twice, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
And once these 20 rows are complete, it's time for our main pattern, which is Vertical Drop Stitch from page 219 of Barbara G. Walker's A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns. We'll work it into our piece like so:
Rows 1, 3, & 5 (wrong side): p4, (k2, p2, k2, p3) twice, k2, p4
Rows 2 & 4: slip 3 wyib, k1, (p2, k3, p2, k2) twice, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Row 6: slip 3 wyib, k1, (p2, k1, drop next stitch off needle and unravel down to yo 6 rows below, k1, p2, k1, yo, k1) twice, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Rows 7, 9, & 11 (wrong side): p4, (k2, p3, k2, p2) twice, k2, p4
Rows 8 & 10: slip 3 wyib, k1, (p2, k2, p2, k3) twice, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Row 12: slip 3 wyib, k1, (p2, k1, yo, k1, p2, k1, drop next stitch off needle and unravel down to yo 6 rows below, k1) twice, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Knit rows 1 - 12 until piece measures roughly 46" (or you're about 1.5" from desired finished length) and you've just finished row 11 of the pattern. Now it's time to finish the sucker, with the following rows:
End Row 1 (right side): slip 3 wyib, k1, (p2, k2, p2, k1, drop next stitch off needle and unravel down to yo 6 rows below, k1) twice, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
End Row 2: p4, k2, (p2, k2) four times, p4
End Row 3: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, k2, p2, ssk, p2, k2tog, p2, k2, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
End Row 4: p4, k2, p2, k2, p1, k2, p1, k2, p2, k2, p4
End Row 5: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, k2, p1, p2tog, p2, p2tog, p1, k2, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
End Row 6: p4, k2, p2, k6, p2, k2, p4
End Row 7: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, k2, p2tog, p2, p2tog, k2, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
End Row 8: p4, k2, p2, k4, p2, k2, p4
End Row 9: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, k1, p2tog, p2, p2tog, k1, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
End Row 10: p4, k2, p1, k4, p1, k2, p4
End Row 11: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2, p2tog, p2, p2tog, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
End Row 12: p4, k8, p4
End Row 13: slip 3 wyib, k1, p1, p2tog, p2, p2tog, p1, k1, slip 3 wyib
End Row 14: p4, k6, p4
End Row 15: slip 3 wyib, k1, p2tog, p2, p2tog, k1, slip 3 wyib
End Row 16: p4, k4, p4
End Row 17: slip 3 wyib, p2tog, p2, p2tog, slip 3 wyib
End Row 18: p3, k4, p3
End Row 19: slip 3 wyib, p2tog, p2tog, slip 3 wyib
End Row 20: p3, k2, p3
Bind off loosely, knitting the knit stitches and purling the purls, and tuck in ends. Block, because this bad boy will be curlier than something really curly.
Beautiful!! Love it! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you like it :)
DeleteGorgeous!!!! I love to knit scarves... People always ask me - don't you get bored? I say - how can I possibly get bored doing it when there are so many many beautiful patterns out there. And now I have yours to add!
ReplyDeleteLinda in VA
I'm glad to hear you like it :) I have to admit, I used to make a lot more scarves back when I crocheted. But I had fun making this one, at least!
DeleteI would love to learn how to crochet - just can't "get it" for some reason. I can make a chain tho! LOL! And sometimes, just to relax, I do just that ...
ReplyDeleteLinda in VA
That's funny! I haven't crocheted in years... but I made some cool scarves, back in the day...
DeleteHi there! I'm loving the scarf but don't know what m1r and m1l are, I get it's something 1right and something m1left and also know it will be one of those DOH! moments when I find out, hope you can help. btw I'm in UK so maybe different to what I'm used to.
ReplyDeleteNo worries! I'm always happy to help. M1r is make 1 right; m1l is make one left; this website has a good explanation of the technique, if you're unfamiliar: http://www.twistcollective.com/collection/component/content/article/92-how-to/1046-make-1-left-or-right-m1-m1l-m1r
DeleteLet me know if you have any other questions! :)
I wondered if it was that, as I said DOH! Thanks for the info and the link, much appreciated. :0)
DeleteI do that all the time! Just this morning I called my boss, frantic that I was missing something. He was like, "yeah, check your email again." Whoops!
DeleteI love it
ReplyDeleteI want to do it, but I dpn't understand the pattern
I am a beginer
I'm glad to hear you like the pattern! If you're ever stuck on terminology, you can always check out the glossary (http://www.ballstothewallsknits.com/p/glossary-of-knitting-terms.html). As far as this particular pattern goes, it uses increases and decreases to get the tapering at both ends, but the middle section is easier to follow. If you wanted to use just the middle section, you could always cast on 26 stitches, then knit Set-up Row 20, and then keep knitting the main pattern rows until you're ready to cast off. That would give you a very similar scarf without messing with the more difficult techniques. Otherwise - if you have any particular questions, I'd be happy to help!
DeleteThis is one of my favorite stitch patterns and I LOVE the tapered ends! I want, some day, to make a wrap using this pattern....some day :) and i-cord edges...perfect!
ReplyDeleteA lovely sense of humor you have in your writings...makes reading all, so fun...
Thank you for your lovely comment! I really enjoyed knitting this stitch pattern as well :) And I figure I can be as "funny" as I want, since I'm offering free patterns and all... Glad to know at least one person appreciates it!
DeleteThank you so much, this looks amazing! I am, unfortunately stuck on Set-up Row 2. When I'm done with this row, I end up with 12 stitches :( I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.. Can you help, please? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHmm... I am not sure exactly what you're doing, but there are only two increases in this row, so you should only have 10 when you're done with it. So I'll throw out pretty much any idea I can come up with:
DeletePerhaps you aren't transferring the yarn to the back of the work before you knit (or the front of the work before you purl), which is creating a yarn over of sorts?
Perhaps your make 1 stitches are going awry somehow?
And that's pretty much all I can think of off the top of my head... Any more information you have might help, otherwise I'm running low on ideas. Tell me more, and I can try again :)
Thank you so much for your response! I had my husband help (no kidding :) and it turns out I was doubling m1l and m1r... Thank you again, I love this pattern and you are so helpful!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you figured it out! And I make my husband help ball my yarn - I'm glad yours is just as handy!
DeleteI love this pattern but somehow I am not getting the idea of "drop next stitch off needle and unravel down to yo 6 rows below".
ReplyDeletedoes this mean you just have to yarn over ever 6 rows and just knit/purl the remaining 5 rows?
I am confused :(
Hello!
DeleteIt sounds like you may be overthinking it (something I am often guilty of) :) Here's an article that should help: http://www.stitchdiva.com/tutorials/knitting/dropping-stitches
Let me know if you're still confused! :)
Scarf is gorgeous, but what do m1r and m1l mean in the instructions?
ReplyDeleteWell hello there! M1r is make one right and m1l is make one left; in general (unless I forgot, which happens), if there's an instruction and you don't know what it is, you can check out the glossary page: http://www.ballstothewallsknits.com/p/glossary-of-knitting-terms.html
DeleteIf you're not familiar with these particular terms, here's a link to a page that I think describes it well (there's also a link in the glossary): http://www.twistcollective.com/collection/component/content/article/92-how-to/1046-make-1-left-or-right-m1-m1l-m1r
And please, let me know if you have any other questions :)
I LOVE IT ^^
ReplyDeleteOh good! :)
DeleteI've had this scarf on my to-do list for a long time and tonight was reading over the pattern. When it says to slip 3 WYIB does it mean to slip each of 3 stitches separately as if to knit or as if to purl?
ReplyDeleteHi there!
DeleteYou should be slipping the stitches knitwise - for my patterns, at least, if I don't specify, that's what I mean since slipping stitches purlwise twists them. Let me know if you have any other questions! :)
This is an awesome pattern! Thank you so much for sharing it. I am interested in modifying it to be a shawl so I don't want the ends to taper to a point. Would you please tell me what modification I would need to do? Thank you so much!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Karen!
DeleteIf you'd rather do a rectangular shawl than a scarf, then you can ignore the set-up and ending rows entirely. Instead, cast on a multiple of 8 stitches + 2 (depending on how wide you want your shawl). Then, you'll need one set up row, to start:
Set-up Row (right side): slip 3 wyib, k1, * p2, k1, yo, k1, p2, k2; rep from * until you have 6 stitches left in row, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Once that’s done, continue in pattern, like so:
Rows 1, 3, & 5 (wrong side): p4, * k2, p2, k2, p3; rep from * until you have 6 stitches left in row, k2, p4
Rows 2 & 4: slip 3 wyib, k1, * p2, k3, p2, k2; rep from * until you have 6 stitches left in row, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Row 6: slip 3 wyib, k1, * p2, k1, drop next stitch off needle and unravel down to yo 6 rows below, k1, p2, k1, yo, k1; rep from * until you have 6 stitches left in row, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Rows 7, 9, & 11 (wrong side): p4, * k2, p3, k2, p2; rep from * until you have 6 stitches left in row, k2, p4
Rows 8 & 10: slip 3 wyib, k1, * p2, k2, p2, k3; rep from * until you have 6 stitches left in row, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Row 12: slip 3 wyib, k1, * p2, k1, yo, k1, p2, k1, drop next stitch off needle and unravel down to yo 6 rows below, k1; rep from * until you have 6 stitches left in row, p2, k1, slip 3 wyib
Knit rows 1 - 12 until desired length is reached and you've just finished row 1 or 7 of the pattern. Bind off loosely and tuck in ends. :)
Hi. Love the scarf but struggling between rows 6 and 10. Row 4 and 5 have 28 stitches, then I have 32 counted after row 6, then it goes to 28 again on row?? Help
ReplyDeleteHi there!
DeleteYou're right that Row 6 appears to have more stitches - it seems like it has 30 simply because it's the row where you're dropping 2 stitches and unraveling them down and adding 2 yarn overs in order to create the stitches you'll drop in row 12. Once you complete this row, you will still have the 28 stitches you're expecting. :)
Just to clarify and sorry for being thick... when I unravel the stitches down 6 rows, what do I do with that stitch? Do I unravel and then hook that stitch back on the needle? I have two extra stitches, so definitely doing something wrong!!!!
ReplyDeleteNo worries, it's kind of an odd technique to get the hang of. :) And you just drop the stitch and let it go (like don't put it back on your needles or work it again) - that's what creates the pattern! That's also why you need those extra yarn overs - once you drop the stitches, they're totally gone and you need to replace them in order to maintain the stitch count.
DeleteThank you so much for your reply. I almost gave up. It is so helpful to have advice along with such a great looking pattern! Only concern is, what's to stop the stitch running further??? But I guess with your experience, that's just not a problem and only the concerns of a novice beginner!!! LOL. Thanks again. I will persevere and see what the outcome is...hope it looks as good as yours.
DeleteHi again!
DeleteThe stitch stops running because it's formed with that yarn over 6 rows down - once you hit the yo, it has nowhere else to go! :) And don't worry, there are no silly questions, and I'm always happy to help. I used to be a beginner too, you know!
Hi it's beautiful..are the 3 stitches slipped knit or purl wise? Thanks
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it! And in general (and definitely on my site), stitches are slipped purlwise unless otherwise noted since slipping them knitwise twists them! :)
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