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DIY - Infinity Scarf

Hello! ‘Tis been a while since I last wrote in this blog and that’s probably because med school is kicking my butt. But what keeps me sane? well one thing’s for sure… KNITTING! I miss my favorite relaxing past-time and finally the time of the year has come when Knitting reigns.

This year I want to teach everyone how to make their own infinity scarf. It’s a popular item to wear during the winter and also highly requested on the HYcrafts channel on youtube.

Before you get started

**understand if you want an INfinity scarf which is basically a loop with a twist at the end… or just a simple loop. For myself, I didn’t want the twist but in my video I ended up with a twist unintentionally haha

FOR NO TWIST - make sure all the ridges of the knit when you cast on are on the same side before you begin to connect the two ends.

FOR TWIST (in conventional infinity scarf or mobius strip) - the ridges dnt have to be on the same side and you’ll definitely get a twist at the end once you connect the two ends.

Hope that helps!

Have an idea of what kind of scarf you will want to make, ask yourself these type of questions…

1. LENGTH: Do i want my scarf to be long, medium, or short?

• The length of the scarf will determine how many times you are able to LOOP the scarf around your neck. If you are trying to make a big chunky muffler (refer to the male’s picture to the top), I made this muffler by making it short (no need to loop) and CHUNKY.
• The length of the scarf will be determined by how many stitches you decide to cast on.
• EXAMPLE: I want to make my scarf very very long where the circumference will be 120 inches. I figure out depending on size of needle and size of yarn (sometimes information is on the tag on the yarn where you bought it from the store how many stitches = 1 inch). HOW MANY STITCHES TO CAST ON?  I have size 6 needles with my yarn which requires 3 stitches = 1 inch. 3 stitches x 120 inches = 360 stitches. HAHA very very long scarf but i can loop it around my neck so many times.

1. SIZE: Chunky or fine?

• CHUNKY - use bigger size needles and chunky chunky heavy weight yarn - super super warm, get ready to sweat! haha it depends where you are
• FINE - use small size needles with appropriate size yarn (usually light weight)

1. COLOR: bright, dark, mixed?
2. TEXTURE: what type of knitting pattern should I do to create texture?
• in the following video, I only show you a scarf following a simple KNIT stitch all the way through for the purpose of making the scarf as fast as possible. There are many different types of patterns to follow that can generate more texture. For example, for ribbing you can do KNIT, KNIT, PURL, PURL for one row. Then for the next rows repeat same pattern.

SUPPLIES

1. Circular Knitting Needles (atleast 36″)
2. Yarn

These are my size US 15 Circular Needles with 40" in between and Chunky Yarn = very chunky scarf

For the purpose of the video, I made a simple scarf with size 6 circular knitting needles 36″.

I used the yarn that will fit the needle. I also used wool from Peru (my advice: start buying yarn from specialty knitting shops… they have the best wool!).

 Instructions

1. Start by casting on. To determine the number of stitches to cast on see instructions under length.
2. Once you are finished casting on, make sure the thick ridge of your stitches are facing the same side in order to avoid making a  Möbius strip. Sometimes people like the idea of the Mobius strip which means that your scarf will end up having a twist.
3. Before you connect the two ends of the knit together, place a stitch marker to help you follow how many rows you have knitted.
4. Connect the two ends by knitting a knit stitch. Continue to knit in whatever pattern you wish. I used a knit stitch throughout
5. Knitting many rows will determine how thick you want your scarf to be. I made mine about 1.5 ft thick but if I wanted to make a thicker scarf, I would keep knitting rows pass this mark.
6. Once you are finished knitting rows, you will start casting off.
7. CAST OFF: Start at the end of the row, and knitting two stitches. THen with the first stitch you made, place your needles underneath it and pull that stitch over the 2nd stitch you made and then release. Continue to follow this pattern until you are finished with the whole row.
8. Once you are finished casting off, you are left with a stitch, carefully remove the needle while holding the hole of the stitch in place. With a crochet hook, take the tail of the yarn and bring it through the hole of the stitch. Weave the remaining yarn into your scarf.

GOOD LUCK!

May the Knitting Force be with you!

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