Right off the bat I had a problem with writing this post, because I don’t know what the plural of Bigfoot is. Bigfoots? Bigfeet? Bigfoot is generally characterized as a solitary creature, so I don’t know if there’s a word for more than one of them hanging out together.
Fine. I broke down and looked it up. Merriam-Webster online says its either, which is supremely disappointing.
In any case, there is more than one Bigfoot hidden in the knitting on the Hidden Bigfoot Scarf designed by Brooke Roegge. There are, in fact, five, though I can only find four of them when I zoom into the photo on Ravelry. But I believe the other one is there somewhere.
This project is worked in double knitting, so that each side is the color opposite of the other. She worked hers with green as the background on one side and white on the other, but you could do brown and white or whatever colors you think your woolly Sasquatches would like. (At least I know how to pluralize that one!)
It’s also worked in lace weight yarn, which adds a layer of difficulty to a technique that already has rather a big learning curve. But the good news is lighter weight yarn at double thickness won’t make a scarf that’s too heavy or hot to wear.
If you have some skill with double knitting already, this would be an amazing project to stitch up for the cryptid lover in your life. It also uses an invisible cast on and bind off and a slipped edging that helps the layers hold together. Those techniques are explained in the pattern, but the colorwork is charted only.
I have it in my mind that I want to do a real double knitting project in the coming year, but I don’t know if I have the stamina for this one. It’s stunning and so funny and if you want to make it I hope to hear all about it. You can grab the pattern on Ravelry.
[Photo: Brooke Roegge]
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