Knit or crochet a scarf - PEP BB textile.straw.stick.scarf

Here is my submission for the Textiles - Straw - Stickwork - Crochet a Scarf BB.

The scarf is crochet using a 'G' needle and 100% merino wool.  I learned the 3D double crochet stitch from Fiber Spider and his 3D Crochet Tutorial. My chain-less foundation double crochet row was 5" unstretched and I discovered that I preferred how the scarf looks stretched wide not long so I blocked the finished scarf at 9" x 60" on lace wires.  The dry (blocked) scarf measured ~7" x 62" and is show on a 6'x1' blocking board.

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
- knit or crochet a scarf at least 1.5 yards long (not including tassels) and 4 inches wide and not be done with giant needles.
- your scarf in progress (somewhere around 1/3rd to 1/2 finished)
- your completed scarf on a person

This scarf is made with a soft and fuzzy wool yarn (I'm not sure exactly what kind, I got it secondhand without a label but the burn test indicated it's some kind of will). I used size 8 needles and a stitch I've heard called moss stitch or seed stitch - the pattern is you cast on an odd number of stitches and alternate knit and purl, starting each row with a knit stitch, so the end texture is a series of small textured bumps. It worked really well with the softness of the yarn. The end length ended up being about 72" long and about 6" wide.

I hate to say this (especially since it's such a beautiful scarf that you did a great job on), but I'm pretty sure that yarn is not wool. Maybe someone else has seen a shiny wool yarn like that. In my experience, through, velvet chenille yarns are all 100% polyester or maybe a polyester mix. (I knit with it a few times, years ago, to make my coworker scarves and hats.) I've been searching google, hoping to be proved wrong, but I'm not finding any similar-looking yarn in natural fibres.

Nicole Alderman wrote:I'm pretty sure that yarn is not wool.

Oh no the person who gave it to me said it was, and I must have interpreted my burn test wrong (this was my first attempt at doing a fiber burn test, so not too surprising). Thanks for pointing it out. I guess my next project will be a scarf with different yarn!

Yarn purchasing is really tricky! You'll often find yarn that's called "wool," but when you look at the actual materials listed on the back, it's often 100% polyester or acrylic or a blend.



This one sold at walmart says it's "Chunky Knit Chenille Yarn, Jumbo Chenille Yarn Soft Blanket Yarn DIY Chenille Yarn Chunky Wool Yarn for Arm-Knit,Crochet, Knitting & Crafting (White, 1 Pack ."

But the actual description says, "Material: Cotton and Acrylic." Maddening!






Over on amazon, I find one that is called "Wool Wonders. "When you look at the description, it says, "✅SOFT WOOL BLEND: Wool Wonders sports a soft, single ply blend of 30% Australian Wool and 70% acrylic for crisp stitch definition and softdrape"

It should be called Acrylic Wonders, not wool, because there's a lot more acrylic in it than wool!







This one has the description of "2 Pack Chenille Velvet Yarn Knitting Wool Thick Warm Crochet Knitting Yarns for DIY Hand-Knitted Fabric Art Bag Sweater Doll 200g," but there's no wool to be found in it. It's so frustrating!!!






And yet another! This one was actually the second to show up when I searched "wool yarn" into amazon. It is from a wellknown brand, and has the gal to call itself "wool-ease" the material description begs to differ, "82% Acrylic/10% Wool/8% Rayon;"







Also on the first page of results for "wool yarn" we have: Brazilian Wool Hair, and the material description on amazon even says "Material: Wool" and the description lists such lovely things as "~ Brazilian yarn wool hair arylic yarn hair is more silky and soft for your braid and twist style.
~ Material,Brazilian yarn wool hair. It's super lightweight and natural. It twists smoothly and will blend into hair well."
But, you can see right on the package that it's actually 100% acrylic!





We can maybe give some of these companies the benefit of the doubt--maybe they think wool=yarn (like some people who think that wheat is only in "whole wheat bread" and that if they give a celiac patient "white bread," the person will be fine, because it doesn't have wheat.) But, in the end, it just means "buyer beware" for most of us. Maybe R Ranson or another person really steeped in yarn production will say differently, but I've only ever seen matte wool yarn. It's never shiny unless something else (usually acrylic or polyester, but sometimes silk) is added to it.

I knitted a scarf!
I designed it with a staghorn cable in the center and a moss stitch border.
I used USA size 6 needles and my own home-grown wool yarn, dyed with lichen from my yard. I used a natural, mordant-free dye process, but the wool batch didn't weigh enough to qualify for the dyeing badge bit, so that one will have to wait.

Here is my submission. I wanted to do a large triangle scarf as I like the look and this pattern was free and super fun. I think the size works out to be the appropriate area as required in the description for a long rectangle ( I included measurements in pictures)

Pattern is "Lost Souls", there is a free YouTube tutorial if anyone is interested.

Yarn is Cottton Kings by Hobbii, 100% cotton sport yarn. Colorway Imperial Purple. I used a 4.0mm hook

Partner wanted a big fluffy scarf, so I grabbed some chunky 100% merino wool from Malabrigo and a 6.5mm crochet hook (size K). Originally started a complicated cable pattern with colour changes, but realized with all the overlapping stitches that I wouldn't have enough yarn to make it as long as I'd want. Ended up just doing a hdc back-loop rib stitch and random stripes.

For this BB, I knitted a moebius scarf. I used the "Knoop" pattern from knitty.com, with the number of stitches and rows adjusted to meet the requirements of the BB.

the yarn I used

fiber content

I used size US 8 circular needles

knitted in the round in seed stitch

finished width 4 and 5/8 inches

it's circular, so 1/2 the finished length is 27 and 3/4 inches (x 2 for total knitted length of 55 and 1/5 inches)

modeling the finished scarf

To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
- knit or crochet a scarf at least 1.5 yards long (not including tassels) and 4 inches wide and not be done with giant needles.
- your scarf in progress (somewhere around 1/3rd to 1/2 finished)
- your completed scarf on a person

I started this scarf about the beginning of February and just knitted a little bit here and there while watching TV and it's finally done.

ETA: I used the linen-stitch for the whole thing because I like the way it blurs the color-transitions.

When I saw this badge bit, I decided to make my husband a scarf. I've made many scarves for myself or others, but I've never made him one. I used Wonderland Yarns 100% superwash merino. The color is "The Scent of Old Books". I used size I crochet hook. Measurements are 56" long without the tassels and almost 5 1/2" width.

This is basically a puff stitch row followed by a single stitch row, repeated all the way. It was a really fun stitch to do! I referenced the youtube video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNTzwgknisY&list=PLAM3er3-NSXIk8RbAE8tb_64bWQhmhACR&index=6

Badge bit requirements:
- Measure 1.5 yards (approx. 140cm) in length
- if knitted, knitted with no larger than size 12 needles
- if crochet, crocheted with no larger than a size K hook
- must be at least 4 inches wide (all the way along)
- must be made from natural yarns, such as wool, cotton, hemp, silk, linen

To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
- knit or crochet a scarf at least 1.5 yards long (not including tassels) and 4 inches wide and not be done with giant needles.
- your scarf in progress (somewhere around 1/3rd to 1/2 finished)
- your completed scarf on a person

I used the Seed Stitch with crochet hook size H to create a 100% wool scarf that measures 58" x 4".

I knit and re-knit this scarf about four times.  I'm not a perfectionist, so I'm handing this BB submission in despite the massive edge-loops, but I'm not happy with it.  I usually knit on smaller pins, which makes a difference, but I had limited wool, so I went with 7.5mm instead of my usual 4.  I did learn how to crochet chain stitch, though!  Tried to tidy up the edges, but it shortened the whole scarf by about 6" and disqualified it from the project, so they had to come out.  Just as well I wasn't in a rush to finish the thing.  I've included photos of the chain stitch both in and half-removed to show the difference in length.  Hope it passes -- I'm done with this scarf!

The Neverending Scarf Saga continues.  Gott in Himmel, let this be the last time I have to do this BB!

Blue scarf from a cotton sweater I disassembled. It measures 57" x 4.5" and was crocheted with a size E/4 hook.