Beware, when you ask me for ideas, you will get at least one, and today was no exception. In fact, I was pretty proud of myself because not only did I have an idea but I had a pattern ready and waiting. It was the Marvelous Mobius Scarf.
Believe me, if you have never tried one of these, you need to. They are truly a marvel. Why? because, apart from the novelty of making a scarf that is circular (with a twist) and lays perfectly flat and never goes flying off your body because of wind or other mishap, you can use up all those lovely odd ends of handspun or handpainted yarns to their best effect.
Case in point, here is the one I made today to demonstrate the process and overall coolness of this technique... (did I also mention that they are fast, fast, fast to do?)
Look at how the colors shift due to it's being worked from the center out. I would venture to say that there is really no other knitting technique that will give this kind of look. Wish you could see a closeup of the stitch, too, as I was able to build in a chevron pattern that is really attractive. All in all, this took maybe 100 yds on a size 4, 26" circular needle. A perfect way to show off small amounts of special yarns, no?
Coco says, "Oh my... that looks good enough to eat! kissy, kissy!"
Lovely! ...both the bunny and your project. How did you do this center-out? Is there a pattern? Looks crocheted to me.
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It's a unique technique where you create the cast on with the twist in, which results in knitting from the center out as you knit/purl. Yes, I have a pattern for this. I haven't gotten it downloadable yet, but have hard copies. It's really fun and one of those that is a razzle dazzle result.
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