Mellowbeing

Over a year ago, I saw a simple legwarmer pattern in a book at Purl Soho.  The pattern was this:

Cast on 56 stitches.  K2, P2 all around and bind off when happy with length. This would make something I’d seen in stores already.  But I didn’t want something I’d seen.  A mass produced item would’ve been more expensive (this project was about 1 skein worth, $7.50) but it would’ve taken a lot less time to obtain :)

What I wanted was something that would flare out at the bottom so it can go over my boots as well as be long enough to cover most of my shins.  I’d keep seeing one or the other.  Long legwarmers that abruptly stop at the ankle or short ones that go well over booties.  Just needed to mix the two up and make it in a color to match my existing hat.

I present to you:

The Mellow Legwarmers pattern

Materials:
1 skein of Cascade 220 wool yarn
4 DPNs size 8

Rows 1-60: (K2, P2)* til end of row
Row 61: (K1, M1, P2)* til end of row
Row 62-71: (K3, P2) * til end of row
Row 72: Knit bind off.  Wear.  Do “Maniac” dance.*

* optional

Enoy :)

I recently “published” a pattern on Ravelry called Eton’s Scarf. It’s free of charge and uses a simple basketweave pattern.

Since then, I have modified the pattern to have a more defined “weave” look with a nice border. The original was a 2×2 basketweave w/ no borders. This is a 3×3 basketweave with a 3 stitch garter border.

I want to share this new simple pattern as well. It’s really classic so it’s easily adaptable for guys and girls (use solid, darker colors for the dudes and you can get away with brighter colors for the dudettes).

Pattern:

Yarn: Classic by Ella Rae (100% wool yarn; worsted/10 ply; also a cheaper alternative to Cascade 220)
Needles: Size 8
Dimensions of finished scarf: Appox 5′ long and 6″ wide.

Cast on 36 stitches. (You can make it narrower/shorter by using another number divisible by 6)

Rows 1-4: K36

Rows 5, 6, 7: K3, (K3, P3) 5x, K3
Rows 8, 9, 10: K3, (P3, K3) 5x, K3

Repeat these 6 rows til happy with length of scarf.

Last 4 rows: K36

You can find it on Ravelry under “Three by Three Scarf“.

Gray Scarf: Front View, originally uploaded by mellowbeing.

I’ve been working on this scarf for nearly a month now (has it been that long?!) It’s a very simple pattern – I like how it’s classic, clean and yet still stylish.

Pattern:

Yarn: Cascade 220 (100% wool yarn; worsted/10 ply)
Needles: Size 8
Dimensions of finished scarf: Appox 5′ long and 6″ wide.

Cast on 36 stitches. (You can make it narrower/wider by using another number divisible by 4)

Row 1&2: (K2, P2) 9x
Row 3&4: (P2, K2) 9x

Repeat til happy with length of scarf.

Pretty simple, eh? It makes for some great train knitting while listening to music and/or podcasts.

P.S. Thank you to everyone out there who’s been reading my blog this year. You guys definitely keep me writing – it’s nice to know you’re not writing into the ether…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Addendum: It took me a month to finish this scarf since I put it down and picked it up several times. Otherwise, it should take no longer than a week or two – depends on your knitting speed.