Use Slip Stitches to Make a Sweet Scarf

Yesterday I shared a project with you that involved slip stitches on a super bulky yarn base. This scarf uses slip stitches, too, but in a more delicate way on a much lighter weight yarn, which gives them a totally different look. Here it’s almost woven as the contrasting color peeks through the lattice of slipped stitches.

Born Slippy from Hedgehog Fibers uses DK weight yarn and a slip stitch pattern to make a small triangular scarf or shawl. The pattern suggests using a tweed yarn and a multicolored yarn to make the pattern look more complex than it is. You could also use a self-striping yarn to give it a more uniform, less scrappy look than a yarn with more frequent color changes might give you.

And of course you can use leftovers from other project for the second yarn, so that the colors change whenever you run out of yarn. So many fun options!

Despite being on somewhat small DK weight yarn, this project goes pretty fast and is a great way to use a nice colorful yarn you have in your stash that you weren’t sure what to do with. Or try using worsted weight yarn and correspondingly larger needles to make a bigger version that would be super cozy and colorful for cold weather.

You can get the free pattern by signing up for emails from Hedgehog Fibers.

Looking for more cute DK weight shawls? I’ve also shared Tsukimi by Angela Tong, which is a single color garter stitch triangular shawl with a fun lace edging. This one uses about 500 yards of yarn, which could be a one-skein project (or two if your chosen skeins are smaller). It uses size 10 US knitting needles so it’s a really fast project for the weight of the yarn.

[Photo: Hedgehog Fibers

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It felt like it had been a while since I’d done a roundup of knitting patterns involving sheep, and if search is any indication, that is true. I found a roundup of patterns for knit sheep from a few years ago, but the only one with v I could find is from 2015. So it’s definitely time to revisit this fun genre of knitting patterns.

This all started with a headband. Alyssa Kaat’s Icelandic Sheep Headband (free on Ravelry) to be specific. Ravelry showed it to me as a pattern highlight and I couldn’t resist taking a closer look. It’s worked with two colors of worsted weight yarn and alternates sheep with stars around your head.

Another great sheepy headband is this one from Loch Fyne Crafts on Etsy. These sweet little sheep are worked in bulky yarn and you can make the background look like field and sky or work it in a solid color.

Or make a headband (or a hat, cowl, or all three) covered with a flock of sheep with this set of patterns from New Age Knitting CA. These pieces also use the field/sky coloring, but you can use whatever colors of worsted weight yarn you like.

Speaking of hats, there’s also the sheep hat from Lynann Knits Designs. The sample was worked in Icelandic wool to make the sheep and the hat extra fuzzy and warm, but any worsted weight yarn will work.

There’s also the Wandering Sheep hat from Kat Hudon (on Ravelry), which features a fun collection of speckled sheep that can be worked in different yarn weights to make different sizes of hats for kids and adults.

And lest you think sheep need to be knit in traditional stranded colorwork, check out the Rebel Sheep Mob blanket by Deborah Moore. This one is worked in mosaic knitting using fingering weight yarn. In mosaic knitting you’re only working with one color per row so it’s pretty easy. You can find this pattern on Ravelry.

I can’t possibly share sheep knitting patterns without mentioning the amazing Black Sheep Shadow Shawl by Mark Jamieson. Shadow knitting is a technique I want to do more of, but it involves working two rows alternating in two different colors and the pattern emerges when you look at the design from an angle. It’s so cool and the sheep on this one are amazing! It’s not a beginner project but well worth the work. You can find it on Ravelry or at the designer’s website.

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