Knit Yourself an Awesome Plaid Scarf

Here’s another fun knitting technique to add to your resolutions list (as if you need more of those, right?).

Knitting plaid looks really complicated, and I suppose it could be, but there are lots of tricks you can use to make it a lot easier. Such as not actually knitting it all.

This plaid scarf pattern from Stitches N Scraps shows you how. The scarf body is worked in stripes, so you’re only working with one color on each row.

The vertical lines of the plaid are worked in later, using slip stitch crochet. It’s really simple even if you don’t know how to crochet, I promise.

This is such a lovely scarf, great for ladies and guys, and though it’s rated intermediate it is really not that difficult, and it looks really impressive.

Have you ever knit plaid? I’d love to know how it went for you. Did you use this technique or make it a different way?

[Photo via Stitches N Scraps.]

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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