Salad Scarf, a stash busting project.

I have a lot of bulky weight yarn left from previous projects. I wanted to create something out of these yarn, something quick and easy, but elegant. I don't like long and heavy scarves. So, I was thinking about a simple keyhole scarf that is not too long, and I wanted to show the colors of all the yarn I had for this scarf. Nothing better than good ole Garter Stitch to show off the colors in stripes on the scarf. I called it, "Salad Scarf" because the colors resembled a Spring veggie salad mix.

Salad Scarf Pattern

Material: 
About 108 - 112 yards of bulky weight yarn.

Needles:
Circular needle US size 10, 29" or 32".

My gauge:
3 stitches across = 1" and 6 rows = 1" (in Garter stitch)

Instruction:
Cast on 110 stitches.
Row 1 - 11: Knit
Row 12: Knit 20 stitches, bind off 9 stitches, knit the rest of 81 stitches.
Row 13: Knit 81 stitches, cast on 9 stitches (I used Crochet cast on for this, so that it is tighter, and the edge is the same as the bind off edge. See **note below for instruction.) Knit the rest of 20 stitches.
Row 14 - 24: Knit
Bind off loosely.

**Note:
After knitting 81 stitches, I put the last stitch knitted on a 6.00mm crochet hook.

Hold the right needle (circular) on the left of the crochet hook with yarn in the back of the right needle, draw yarn and pull through loop. This make one loop on the right needle.

Repeat until you have 9 loops made, then put the stitch that is on the crochet hook back on the right needle.

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