THE FASTEST WAY TO MAKE A CHUNKY SCARFMargaret Fangmann

Comm 1010-13

Professor David Pack

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Yarn

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TIPS BEFORE STARTINGKeep your working yarn close to

your body.Tighten your stitches on your arm,

just as you would your needles.Double strand your yarn. Make sure your tail is out of the

way.Make sure you have 30-40 minutes

to finish your scarf.

KNITTING YOUR FIRST ROW

Hold your working yarn in your right hand.

Pull the next stitch on your right hand over the working yarn.

Turn the stitch and put it on your left arm.

Tighten the yarn around your left arm.

Repeat to end of row.

KNITTING YOUR SECOND ROWHold the working yarn in your

left hand.Pull the next stitch on your left

arm over the working arm.Slide it onto your right arm.Tighten the yarn around your

right arm.Repeat to end of row.

BINDING OFFKnit your first two stitches.Pull the first stitch you knitted

over the second.Knit the next stitch.Pull the first stitch on your arm

over the stitch you just knitted.Repeat to end of row.

TO LOOP OR NOT TO LOOP?

To make your scarf into an infinity scarf:Join the two ends together and use

your tail to sew them together.Weave in your ends and loop around

your neck!Not to loop

Sew your ends in and you’re done!

WORKS CITED About.com, 2013: “Binding Off.” (available at

http://knitting.about.com/od/learntoknit/ht/bindoff.htm)

Interweave Magazine, 2013: “Continental Long Tail Cast On.” (available at http://www.knittingdaily.com/glossary/continental-long-tail-cast-on.aspx)

Simply Maggie Blog, 2012: Arm Knitting How To” and title slide picture (available at http://www.simplymaggie.com/arm-knitting-how-to-updated).

Purladelphiaknit, 2013: Slide 2 picture. (available at http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/arm%20knitting).