Make a Scarf to Document Your Team’s Season

I love the idea behind the Winning Season cowl pattern from Brian & Terri Haynes of AT Haynes House Yarns. It’s like a temperature project, but for your team’s season.

The version Terri is modeling was designed based on the 2022 season of the Baltimore Ravens. It’s a pretty easy knit worked in the round that you can work on while you watch the game (if you’re behind on the season or working from a previous season). Each straight color section is 4 inches/10 cm, because that’s how much she was able to knit while watching the game. You can make yours longer or shorter as you like if you’re not knitting during the game, or if your sport has a lot more games than professional football does.

It uses five colors of sport weight yarn: one to mark the beginning of the season and a bye week, one for home wins, one for home losses, and one each for away wins and losses.

There’s probably a way you could work the score into the design, maybe by doing a round of purl stitches at each end of that color block to indicate your team’s score and the opposing team’s score? If that’s something you want to document I’m sure there’s a way it coul dbe worked in.

This is so cute to do in your team colors, and you’ll always have something appropriate to wear to the game and a fun conversation piece at watch parties or on the sidelines.

This would be so cute to do if you have a kid in sports and they can keep a representation of their seasons long after they’ve stopped playing, or as a gift for their coach.

You can download the pattern from Ravelry, or buy it directly from the AT Haynes House Yarns website. Maybe you’ll find some great yarn to knit your version while you are there.

[Photo: Brian & Terri Haynes]

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If you’re new to lace knitting or just aren’t sure how to incorporate the technique into garments, check out these tops and sweaters that use lace as a decorative element.

The easiest lace out there is eyelets, and you can practice them plenty with this eyelet covered sweater from Knitcro Addict. It uses light/DK weight yarn and is worked in four pieces knit flat. It’s intended to be a little cropped and a little oversized, and includes sizes XS to XXL in the pattern.

If you’re in parts of the world where it’s getting colder as you read this, the Nora sweater from Bummbul might be a good choice. This is actually a great one for learning lace because it’s worked in super bulky yarn, which makes it easier to see what you’re doing and makes the lace super graphic. This one just comes in one size, with a 42 inch (106) cm bust, but that could fit a variety of people depending on how much ease you like.

Minimi Knit Design has a cute allover lace cardigan worked in one piece from the bottom up. It’s worked in lace weight mohair held double, which maybe isn’t the best for those new to lace (because it can be hard to rip out) but it sure is pretty. Sizes range to fit from 30 to 66 inches/76 to 168 cm bust measurements.

If you’d rather not have lace all over your sweater, you can knit the Lumi sweater from Originally Lovely, which has a chevron lace pattern on the yoke and is otherwise worked in reverse stockinette stitch. (It’s worked inside out so you don’t have to purl every stitch.) The pattern has 9 sizes from XS to 5XL and uses worsted weight yarn.

Or try the super romantic sookie blouse from Trust the mojo (available on Ravelry). This sweet top is started working flat from the bottom up and has a V-neck and I-cord edgings. The sleeves are worked separately in the round, and the pieces are all joined together to work in one piece to finish off the top. It comes in eight sizes and is available in English and French.

You can also pair lacy sleeves with an otherwise plain top, like on the Starflower Wrap from Annelise Driscoll Gingrow. This intermediate pattern makes a wrap sweater with generous lacy sleeves and a double wrap belt. The pattern has nine sizes, from XS to 5XL, and is available for free from Hobbi.

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