I’ve not knitted a scarf in so long. The last time I could remember doing so was when I was still learning to knit and made them left and right. I guess when you’re a beginner knitter, it’s common to oversaturate yourself with scarves… and more scarves.
However, ever since KC staff, Eileen, used this box stitch to make a jacket for her aunt, I’ve been tempted to incorporate it into something.
Since the winter displays for the shop was going to be a plethora of scarves, hats, and other winterwears, I took this opportunity to try out the stitch.
This 3-color box stitch, used as a jacket pattern in the Simply Shetland pattern books (e.g., #3), is incredibly simple, yet produces a woven effect that is very pleasing.
To make the stitch, cast on a multiple of 4 stitches, plus 2, (I casted on 34 sts for the scarf). With ColorA,K2P2 ending with K2. Pick up ColorB and K2P2 ending with K2. Pick up ColorC, K2P2 ending with K2. Continue alternating colors until desired length. For the end, I bound off with the same color used to cast on.
If you’ve not guess, this is essentially the moss stitch with three colors, and the results are fantastic!
I’d love to make a bed cover with this stitch, but I might go mad doing the moss stitch over and over again for infinity.
This Striped Double Band Hat was knitted out of leftover Cascade 220. I am always a fan of adding a brim of color for interest. While doing so, I omitted the ribbing which caused the hat to curl upward, the personality of the stockinette stitch. To tame the curling, an interior band was added by pickup up the edging with the main CC and purling a row (and knitting a few).
Although tempted to knit a double hat (see Zimmermann’s Very Warm Hat), but due to time constraints (i.e., getting winter displays up), I opted for a band instead.
I switched over to the grey CC for the remainder of the band and stopped where it met the top stripe to disguise the bulkiness the band created. The bulkiness is only a tad bit obvious in the first picture.
