Knit a Simple Pocket Scarf on a Circular Knitting Machine

As much as I love knitting by hand, and it will always by my favorite way to use yarn, sometimes it is fun to do something different. I have gotten into crochet more in the past couple of years, and also using circular knitting machines.

These machines are great for making quick work of big projects. I actually love doing scarves on them because you get a scarf that’s double thick, and you can keep it as a scarf or easily turn it into a loop, and it’s 100 times faster than knitting the same project by hand. This is my current favorite charity knitting project: using stash yarn and leftovers to make scarves to donate.

It might seem like this kind of project would get boring, but it hasn’t yet, because every scarf is a little different. I recently decided to change it up (and use even more yarn, which is pretty much always a goal of mine) by making a machine knit pocket scarf.

This project was made with yarn left over from a baby blanket, and while I still didn’t quite use all of it I made a nice dent in my stash. It’s worked in three colors, though you can use as many or as few as you like.

Finish off the edges then fold up the ends to make pockets as deep as you like. Mine are deep. Holding a phone would be no problem. I think holding a paperback book would be no problem, though I haven’t tried it yet!

Don’t have a circular knitting machine? No problem! Just make a long tube of knitting by hand and you can do exactly the same thing.

Get all the details on this one over at my blog, Our Daily Craft.

Do you use a circular knitting machine? I’d love to know what kinds of projects you make and what you’d like to learn about them!

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

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This free knitting pattern falls in the category of cute but maybe not essential, as well as a nice way to use some yarn left over from another project.

The Briggs St. Fruit Hammock from Mycah Knits is beginner friendly because it’s a big rectangle worked in stockinette stitch on larger needles than the yarn would usually call for (size 11 US/8 mm for DK weight/weight 3 yarn) to provide more air flow around the fruit.

The idea behind a fruit hammock like this is both that it saves you counter space since it’s meant to be mounted under a cabinet and that air flow around the fruit helps prevent moisture from getting trapped below the fruit, which should keep it fresh longer. They’re also just cute and keep your fruits or veg accessible so hopefully you will eat more of them.

This pattern also includes I-cord handles, which is how you hang the hammock, and you’ll need to be able to pick up stitches for them, but that’s the only beyond beginner skill required in this project.

It only uses about 25 grams of yarn, so this is a perfect project for using a little something left over from another project. It would also be cute with stripes, so you can use odd balls from several projects. Or make the I-cord with a contrasting color to add a bit more fun if you like.

The designer does recommend using acrylic yarn for this project because it shouldn’t stretch out of shape with use and is easy to wash should your aspirations for eating fruit outstrip your reality. But they also provide tips for testing the stretch in a yarn you want to use and adjusting the pattern to account for that.

I don’t have a space in my place for this but it is super cute and a fun way to add knitting to the home, which I’m always a fan of.

You can grab the free pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Mycah Knits]

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