Bordered Scarf in Cro-Knitting
Materials Required:
9 skeins Bear Brand Shetland Floss (12 skeins to the box).
2 skeins contrasting color Shetland Floss and
3 skeins same color Bear Brand Felicity Floss.
1 pair amber knitting pins, No. 13.
1 amber crochet hook No. 13 (14 inches long).
Using two threads of the principal color cast on 50 stitches loosely and knit 14 rows (7 purls) in plain garter stitch. For the first stitch of each row, insert the needle as if to purl, slip stitch and put thread back under the point of the pin, thus forming a chain edge. The work should measure fifteen inches across and be three inches in depth.
The Cro-Knitting is next to be made. Draw two threads of the contrasting color through (one of Shetland and one of Felicity) but do not break off the principal color: knit two rows in plain garter stitch; then using same color and crochet hook make first pattern row. Insert the hook through the loop on the knitting pin as though it were a second knitting pin, holding the wool over the fingers of the left hand. Draw wool through first stitch and chain 2; slip the knitted stitch from the pin. * Wool over from back to front and pick up a loop in second stitch on pin, wool over and through 2; wool over in same way and pick up a loop in first stitch, wool over and through two, slip the 2 knitted stitches that have been worked into from the pin and repeat from * all along row; ending with ch. 2 in final stitch as first stitch was made.
Second pattern row: with same wool and knitting pin, slip 1, * over, knit 2 tog. and repeat from * all along row, knit final stitch. When knitting from the crochet hook the point of the hook must be kept pointing downward to avoid catching the wool.
Third pattern row: with principal color knit 1, * knit 1, knit the back of next stitch and repeat from * ending with knit 1 in the final stitch. Make three plain garter stitch rows in the principal color, followed by 2 garter stitch rows in the contrasting color. These 8 rows constitute the pattern and are repeated five times for the border at each end of the scarf.
The center of scarf is plain garter stitch and is 45 inches long. Repeat border, then make 14 rows, in garter stitch and bind off.
Pick up all the stitches along one side of the scarf with principal color and crochet hook, taking up both stitches of chain as one stitch and taking up 3 stitches in each of the stripes of contrasting color; knit off with knitting pin, making 4 rows of garter stitch, then draw through contrasting color, dropping principal color and make two rows of garter stitch, next make the three pattern rows, then knit 3 rows of principal color in garter stitch and crochet off with slip stitch, binding off that side of scarf; repeat for the other side.
Make a fringe across the ends as follows: * insert the crochet hook in first stitch on bottom of scarf and with double thread of principal color, chain 10 loosely, pull up long loop on needle,—wool over, insert hook into last chain made and pull up long loop, repeat from—four times, wool over and through all loops on hook, chain 1, pull up long loop and catch with slip stitch in chain in which cluster was made, make a tight s. c. around chain. Chain 10, skip 7 s. c. on bottom of scarf, 1 s. c. in the next and repeat from * all across the end. With two threads of contrasting color, make 1 s. c. in fourth stitch and repeat fringe as made in principal color. To gain the cross effect, slip chain made and ball of wool through long loop of principal color before making the s. c. in the bottom of scarf. The fringe for each tassel consists of 10 loops of 20 chain stitches made with single thread to correspond.