Patterns, projects and techniques
While this is a really cool idea, I wonder how the scents will hold up in the wash? There are lots of different scents to choose from, paired up with appropriate colors (like lavender scent and purple yarn). There are free patterns too, I’ll be back in a few, going to go check those out! Click on this link to follow me over there….
As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.
The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.
It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.
This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.
It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.
The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!
Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!
You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.
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I just tried one of the Scents yarns. It was awful. The scent was not gentle. In fact, it made my eyes water terribly and gave me a headache. Worse, my fingers still smelled “perfumy” after thorough washing. I don’t know why scented yarn is a good idea. How about simply lighting a nice candle while knitting. Or, better, taking your project with you to the beach or forest! Just sayin’. 🙂
I agree that the scent yarn is not a good idea… I bought some but didnt know it was scented I just liked the color. when I started working with it it became so strong… dont much care for this “new” idea…. would rather light my candle like the above person said.