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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Sashiko is a traditional Japanese embroidery technique that uses running stitches to make lines (straight or otherwise) that reinforce and insulate fabric. It can be used as a mending technique or for decorative purposes, and it has become popular in recent years as a visible mending technique.

It’s also the inspiration behind the Sashiko Tee by Elenor Mortensen. This top down, circular yoke top is worked in the round with allover stranded knitting designs reminiscent of intricate sashiko stitching.

You’ll find floral patterns, starbursts, straight lines and individual colorwork stitches in this design.

The pattern is offered in six sizes and two different gauges (both use fingering weight yarn) making a dozen different size options. The finished bust circumference of the sweater ranges from 33.8 to 57 inches, or 86 to 145 cm.

The project calls for two colors, and I love the traditional blue and white of the designer’s sample, but some of the projects shown on Ravelry use more than two or use a multicolored yarn as one of the options, which gives it a different look that’s even more interesting. There are also some projects that show longer sleeves, repeating the patterns from the body on the sleeves, which is a great move if you need a sweater for the fall.

I know I say this a lot but it’s worth your time to look at the different ways people have approached this sweater by clicking on the projects tab on Ravelry. You’ll find different colors and sleeves, different ribbing treatments, added beads, a bit of mohair, different lengths, subtle colors and bolder choices…so many fun options.

The pattern is available in English, French and German, and you can grab a copy of Ravelry. I think this one would be a fun way to get into colorwork knitting without having to deal with a bunch of colors, and you get a cool result and lots of practice following a chart.

[Photo: Elenor Mortensen]

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