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Here's the pattern I created/used to make my Legend of Zelda themed scarf featured here: Legend of Zelda Themed ScarfMaterials:
~ Size 8 aluminum knitting needles
~ Red Heart Super Saver Economy Yarn, Gold [I don't remember if I used 1 or 2 skeins]
~ Red Heart Super Soft Yarn, Grass Green [x2]
Technique:
This video goes over double knitting pretty well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wbRv…
In my pattern, one box represents a set of stitches (so a knit and purl). So where in the video she alternates colors between the knit and purl stitches (knit is red and purl is yellow; or vice versa), in my pattern they would be the same color. So, if a box is green, both the knit and purl stitch would be done in green. By doing it this way, you have to make sure you don't pull certain colors too tight, or the scarf may have a scrunched look.
Also, the end scarf will be 80 stitches wide and 349 stitches long.
Alternate Technique:
I used the above technique, but it should be noted that duplicate stitch work could be done as well to achieve a similar result. Here's a tutorial on duplicate stitch work with knitting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cfmjy…
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I feel like this should cover everything, but if not, feel free to ask questions. And if you make the scarf and post it, please throw a link to it in the comments since I'd really like to see it.
Others that have used my pattern:
AkcireAjira
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Comments: 11
Hello this is such a beautiful scarf! But i am having problems with the gold showing through the green chunks of the scarf do you have any suggestions?
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I'm assuming you're doing it where it's mainly green on both sides and not the reverse colors when you flip it, as such you have to carry the gold across for most of the row. The trick is, you can't be a loose knitter. Make sure every stitch you're creating is nice and tight; and if you can't get it tight enough that way, reduce your needle size. Also, once you've made it to the other side where you need to make a gold stitch again, pull the gold a bit to get rid of any slack that may show through. Another method you could do, which I didn't do, is to use two separate balls of gold and not bother to carry it across the length of the scarf. Or, if you're still having trouble, knit the entire thing in green and then go back and add in the gold by doing duplicate stitches.
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So, do you have to cast on 2 or 3 strands of yarn?
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Typically you cast on 2 strands of yarn, one for each color. For double knitting usually the back side is the inverse color of the front, however, since I made this scarf where the front matched the back, I only used a single green strand when casting on and introduced the yellow strand later on so I ended up working with two strands at a time.
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Love the pattern. Can I ask how the opposite side looked? I'm having a hard time visualizing them being the same colors.
Loved your scarf by the way!
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Thanks!
In the finished scarf, both sides look identical as seen here (left side of the pictures is one end of the scarf, right side is the other end but the back side of the scarf). Since it's not 'traditional' double knitting, you end up carrying the gold yarn between the front and back sides for most of the scarf. As a result, if you don't keep the gold yarn taut, then it might end up poking through the front or back, but if you pull it too tightly, then you might end up with the scarf scrunching up horizontally.
I hope that answers your question!
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Hey! So, I've not really knitted before, but I am pretty good with crafts. I was wondering if there was a particular technique you used to get the tassels at the end of the scarf? Let me know!
(Your scarf looked fantastic by the way! :3)
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Hey there! So you don't need to have any knowledge of knitting to create the tassels/fringe and it's actually pretty simple to create them. The technique I used is actually the same as in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsG_4L…
With mine just being placed closer together.
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