A Scarf without Knitting

Most of the time I try to stick to writing about yarn crafts that actually involve knitting, but most of us who work with yarn sometimes like to do things with it that are not knitting, so I thought I would share this fun project with you in case you have any red or pink yarn left over from your Valentine’s Day crafting.

This Pom-pom Scarf is exactly that: a scarf made out of pom-poms. I like the way she assembled it by leaving long tails on the pm-poms and tying them together rather than tying them all to a separate piece of yarn. She also added ribbons to the end, which is super cute.

She used two balls of yarn to make the pom-poms, and that was enough for a scarf for a 7-year-old, but you could use any colors you like in bigger quantities to fit an adult. Either way, it’s pretty darn cute.

[Photo via Tea Rose Home.]

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Just about anything you can make in fabric you can make in knitting, but there are some styles that you just don’t see that often translated into knitting.

For example, a button down collared shirt. This is a classic design, of course, and it looks great in a knit version, but it’s just not something you see much of.

Noma Ndlovu’s Guglethu shirt is the pattern to try if you want to knit your own button down shirt. This one is inspired by cashmere tops (though the sample was made out of yak yarn, not cashmere, and uses two strands of lace weight yarn held together) and includes lots of high-fashion details like double-knit cuffs, collar and shoulder seams.

It has a patch pocket on the front and 10 buttons including the button band and the cuffs.

The designer says you can also use a DK weight yarn held singly if you’d rather, and that the shirt looks good in a variety of yarns. There is another version on Ravelry that uses Berroco Remix Light, which is a mix of nylon, cotton, acrylic, silk and cellulose fibers. It has a more relaxed look but it still really pretty.

The pattern has 12 sizes, with a full bust measurement ranging from 32.35 to 72.25 inches, or 82 to 183.5 cm. The designer suggests 2 to 6 inches, or 5 to 15 cm, of positive ease when you pick your size. I could totally see knitting one that’s even bigger to wear more like a jacket, because I do that a lot with button down shirts I already own.

I love all the details on this shirt, which isn’t necessarily difficult to knit, but might introduce you to some things you’ve never knit before (like those cuffs with the plackets, or a shirt collar like this).

To learn more about this shirt and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself, head to Ravelry.

[Photo: Noma Ndlovu]

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