This Simple Color-Blocked Scarf is Perfect for Beginners

I’m a big fan of quick and easy knitting patterns. Even though I can do more intricate things, and every now and then a design that really requires my attention is something I want, my lifestyle is such that things I can pick up and put down easily are most often on my needles.

That’s why I love this super simple black and white color and pattern blocked scarf from Mama in a Stitch.

It alternates stripes of black and white, Garter and Stockinette, so it’s easy to know where you are and what you’re supposed to be doing.

But this probably isn’t a project that you’ll put down for long, because it’s also worked in super bulky yarn, so you can whip it up in no time, even if you’re a new knitter. And since there’s probably still more cold to come for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, this is one you can knit up in a weekend and still get a lot of use out of before spring.

Are you still knitting winter accessories or have you moved on to lighter projects? I’d love to know!

[Photo via Mama in a Stitch.]

I guess I must have had this pattern on my mind, because I had chosen this log cabin blanket recipe to write about, promptly forgot about it and a couple of weeks later started knitting a log cabin blanket using all my pink yarn.

It might stay pink if it makes it to baby blanket sized, or I might add in some pastel green and blue, too, to make a bigger blanket. We’ll see. I’m also holding several strands of yarn together to make a kind of bulky yarn, which means it’s deeply satisfying how much yarn is used even as the project is still relatively small.

In Kristen Finlay’s version, DK weight yarn scraps (or fingering/sock yarn held double) are used to make a simple scrappy log cabin blanket that’s lighter weight than my version. Log cabin is a great technique for knitters of any skill level because it’s worked in garter stitch. The only not completely basic technique you need for log cabin knitting is picking up stitches.

If you’ve never worked a log cabin knitting project before, this is a good introduction, and it is really nice to use all your yarn scraps in one big project you’ll use for years to come.

If you use a lot of DK weight yarn you can keep building on it whenever you finish a project, or if you use more worsted weight you can do the same thing with it, it will just be a little bigger starting out than the pattern calls for. How big it gets is totally up to you.

I have really been enjoying working on my log cabin project, and it’s my current sitting at my desk and need a break knit (do you have one of those or is it just me?).

Ready to start your own log cabin blanket knitting project? You can grab the free pattern from Kristen Finlay on Ravelry.

Need more log cabin inspiration? Check out more log cabin knitting patterns.

[Photo: Kristen Finlay]

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