Knit Hidden Bigfoot into Your Scarf

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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It’s a common complaint among women and femme dressing folk that our clothes do not include enough (and enough useful) pockets. And even if your clothes do have good pockets, there’s always a chance that you’d rather have another pocket to put some essentials in rather than having to carry a whole bag.

But because we are knitters, we can take this problem into our own needles and knit ourselves some auxiliary pockets.

Beatrice Mase did just that, with a kind of fancy toolbelt pocket accessory that they call VELVET Pockets.

The stitch pattern has a plush, sort of velvet effect, thus the name, but it’s worked with regular fingering/sock weight yarn. (The sample uses wool, but you could experiment with other fibers, too.) It calls for 776 yards of 710 meters, which you might just have in your sock yarn stash.

The pattern includes several pockets of different sizes, with the main body of the pocket worked flat in one piece and the exterior pockets sewn on at the end. You also have the option of adding screw rivets and a coordinating clasp that make it look even more toolbelt chic.

The design is worked with a loop of knit fabric at the top so it can slide onto a belt. The pattern includes explanatory diagrams, photo and video tutorials and is adjustable to fit different sizes of belts.

It’s almost enough to make me want to start wearing belts again, even though I haven’t for years. Because who wouldn’t want a few extra little pockets to hold things when you don’t have enough to really justify carrying a bag around?

The pattern is available in English and French on Ravelry and you can also buy a kit complete with the yarn, rivets and clasp (the pattern is not included in the kit) direct on Etsy.

[Photo: Beatrice Mase]

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