{"id":387,"date":"2016-11-20T19:35:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T01:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krazyawesome.com\/knitmonster\/?p=387"},"modified":"2016-11-21T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T15:55:10","slug":"long-rainbow-scarf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krazyawesome.com\/knitmonster\/long-rainbow-scarf.html","title":{"rendered":"Long Rainbow Scarf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"knit<\/a>One of my local yarn shops carries YarnTrekker’s Detour Minis\u2014cute little 52-yard skeins of yarn in a variety of colors. I love them, but what are you going to do with the bitsy things? Knit something in a lot of colors, naturally. I usually avoid colorwork (I hate weaving in ends), but a rainbow scarf gave me the perfect excuse to snatch up some of those scrumptious little skeins.<\/p>\n

I found a lovely scarf pattern on Ravelry in fingering weight yarn (Rainbow Scarf by Jenny Lang), but it was done in linen stitch. I loved the woven look, but I did not love the idea of flipping the yarn back and forth between every stitch. I lazily decided on garter stitch instead.<\/p>\n

I wanted a really long narrow scarf, and after blocking this thing is just shy of eight feet long. I’m pretty sure it’ll stretch when I actually wear it and wind up a little over eight feet.<\/p>\n

If you don’t have Detour Minis at your yarn shop (I think it’s a regional thing) there are a number of yarn companies that make short skeins of fingering weight, like The Fiber Seed Sprout Seedlings used in the pattern mentioned above.<\/p>\n

Finished Size<\/h4>\n

approximately 7 ft. 10 in. by 3.5 in.<\/p>\n

\"detour<\/a>Yarn<\/h4>\n

fingering weight, 50ish yards in six colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple); sample was knit with YarnTrekker Detour Minis<\/p>\n

Gauge<\/h4>\n

4.9 stitches per inch<\/p>\n

Needle Size<\/h4>\n

4 US \/ 3.5mm<\/p>\n

\"Note<\/a>

Note how little purple (used to bind off) is left<\/p><\/div>\n

Notes<\/h3>\n

Gauge isn’t usually crucial for a scarf, but since this guy is knit on the long edge, you might play it safe and do a gauge swatch so it doesn’t turn out significantly shorter or longer than you expect. And remember when working your gauge swatch that garter stitch\u2014especially in a piece like this\u2014is going to stretch.<\/p>\n

The cast-on and bind-off edges each effectively add a row; so for those colors, you’ll only knit 7 rows instead of 8.<\/p>\n

\"rainbowscarf2\"<\/a>Pattern<\/h3>\n

With red, cast on 465 st.\u2014make sure your cast-on is loose so it won’t pull the edge of the scarf too tight<\/p>\n

Knit 7 rows<\/p>\n

Switch to orange yarn, knit 8 rows<\/p>\n

Switch to yellow yarn, knit 8 rows<\/p>\n

Switch to green yarn, knit 8 rows<\/p>\n

Switch to blue yarn, knit 8 rows<\/p>\n

Switch to purple yarn, knit 7 rows<\/p>\n

Bind off: *knit 2 stitches together through the back loops, slip resulting stitch back to the left needle; repeat from * until one stitch remains. Tie off last stitch<\/p>\n

Weave in ends. Wash (or give it a good spritzing with water) and block.<\/p>\n

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