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Bella Spiral Scarf

February 25th, 2010

Bella Spiral Scarf

This pretty scarf is knit using short row shaping.  If you lay it flat it forms a doughnut.  I used a combination of Sublime Kid Mohair Blend and Filatura di Crosa New Smoking (for glitter).  It required two balls of each, and is knit on size 13 needles.  It would also be beautiful in Kid Seta Kid Mohair.  One customer knit it up in dark blue Malabrigo Worsted, and that looked great too.  If you haven’t knit short rows, don’t be put off.  It’s actually a simple technique that is useful in many contexts, including creating a beautiful shoulder line in sweaters.  And believe me, by the time you’ve finished this scarf you’ll really know how to knit short rows.

The scarf is 5 inches wide and measures about 50 inches along the shorter edge.  The general technique is to cast on a multiple of three stitches, work the first short row 2/3 of the way across, the second 1/3 of the way, and then to knit back picking up the wraps.

KB

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