An Easy Scarf Knitting Pattern Stitched with Love

This super sweet scarf knitting pattern would be fun to stitch up for Valentine’s Day, or to give to someone who you want to wrap in love.

The Shape of My Heart scarf from Annie Baker Designs is worked in fingering weight yarn (aka sock yarn or super fine) in a tube to the desired length. Hearts are randomly added in duplicate stitch using scraps. The pattern calls for stitching on the hearts after the whole scarf is done, but I think it would be easier to do as you knit because it’s easier to get to the center of the tube as you’re knitting it without having to maneuver around the whole rest of the scarf to make your stitches.

Either way, there are several heart patterns shown in the pattern so you can make solid or outline heart shapes, both upside down and right side up depending on what you need for where you are in your scarf.

This is such a cute and easy idea you could also do it with other weights of yarn. If you have more worsted weight yarn than you have sock yarn, for example, you could knit a tube of whatever width you like and use your leftovers to stitch on hearts in just this same way.

If you’ve never worked duplicate stitch before, it’s an easy way to add colorwork to knitting projects. It involves sewing on top of the knit stitches, literally duplicating the shape of the stitch so that it’s completely covered with another yarn. This makes the knit fabric thicker in those places but also makes the stitches you duplicate stand out, which adds an interesting texture to your project.

Check out this tutorial from Purl Soho if you need help with the basics. It doesn’t look like I’ve done a video on this so I”ll try to get to that soon!

The pattern is available for free on Ravelry.

[Photo: Annie Baker Designs]

Getting ready for back to school makes me think about pencil crafts, so let’s take a look at some pencil themed knitting patterns!

I recently made a pencil on a circular knitting machine, and it was a fun, quick, easy project that uses little bits of leftover yarn (and if you don’t have yellow you can make it a colored pencil using whatever color’s your favorite). And if you want to make a bigger version check out this pattern from Orange Olive Road on Etsy.

If you want to knit a pencil pillow by hand, check out Sketchy, available on Ravelry from Shana S. Cohen. This one uses worsted weight yarn and has two size options and the choice to make a pencil with an eraser or a colored pencil.

Pencil scarves seem to be the most popular kind of pencil knitting pattern, and there are lot of cute ones. This one from Cosy Craft UK mostly uses garter stitch, with some welts to add texture and what looks like an I-cord edging. It calls for DK weight yarn.

If you want to go all garter stitch try this version from Emsley Co Creations, which uses five colors of DK weight yarn and just a little shaping to make the point of the pencil.

There’s also this fun, mostly stockinette so it looks like it curls a bit, pencil pattern that looks like it’s worked in chunky yarn from Little Knits Studio. This one uses just a little garter stitch and easy shaping for the point.

If you don’t want a pencil scarf, how about some pencil socks? The No. 2 Pencil Socks from The Yarn Enabler are available from Ravelry and use five colors of sock yarn. They feature wide ribs to mimic the texture of a pencil and have options to be worked from the top down or the toe up.

Needs Sharpening by Alexander Walker is a free pattern on Ravelry that uses five colors of sock yarn to make a sort of shortie sock. The little bit of black at the tips of the toes inspired the name. These, too, can be worked in either direction and are available in three sizes.

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