spiral scarf and matching scrunchie

This spiral scarf is a replica of Andrea’s Angel (spinningdaily.com). For this project, I substituted the suggested yarn with an even finer and feather-weight two ply yarn. Taking inspiration from scarf helix pattern, I designed a matching ruffly scrunchie- and call it the ‘Double the Ruffle Scrunchie’. 

 

The yarn I used is Avril brand yarn in beige colour. I bought 50g of yarn, and of these, used approximately 46g for the scarf (to obtain 155 cm length) and 4g for the scrunchie. The total time to knit the scarf is 9 days and the scrunchie is just one day. The superlight yarn makes the scarf and a scrunchie a perfect summer accessory.

50g Avril yarn balls in forest, smoke brown and beige

On another note, the spirally scarf does resemble a lot like the internal folds of the spiral valve of a stingray or a shark!

Double the Ruffle Scrunchie

Materials

Needles: A set of four 2.0 mm DPNs, or a 2.0 mm CN

Yarn: 50g of Avril No.727 in Beige (75% wool, 25% nylon); 10g = 80m

Measurement

Gauge: 9 sts = 2.5cm

Finished measurements: elastic diameter = 6cm; scrunchie width = 3.5cm

Instructions

1. co 114 sts; I used the knitted co method using just my fingers and without a needle. For this, I first make a knot on the elastic, and leave a long tail end (up to 1m). I used this long tail to co onto the circular elastic, and the live end to continue the knitting. Make sure that the ridge is facing inwards while casting on. Join in the round.

2. Starting the first round is a bit tricky since the co is tight. Insert a left dpn into a st as if to knit, then with a right dpn, insert into the same st as if to purl. Repeat to end. Divide the sts evenly over 3 dpns.

Round 1: *p; rep from * to end;

Rnd 2: *k10, kfb; rep from * to end (6 times); (Total: 114+6=120 sts);

Rnd 3: *p; rep from * to end;

Rnd 4: *k9, kfb; rep from * to end (12 times); (Total: 120+12=132 sts);

Rnd 5: *p; rep from * to end;

Rnd 6: *k10, kfb; rep from * to end (12 times); (Total: 132+12=144 sts);

Rnd 7: *p; rep from * to end;

Rnd 8: *k2tog, yo; rep from * to end;

Rnd 9: *p; rep from * to end;

Rnd 10: *k3, kfb; rep from * to end (36 times); (Total: 144+36=180 sts);

Rnd 11: *p; rep from * to end;

Rnd 12: *yo, k2tog; rep from * to end;

Rnd 13: *p; rep from * to end;

Rnd 14: *k, kfb; rep from * to end (90 times); (Total: 180+90=270 sts);

Rnd 15: *k; rep from * to end;

Rnd 16: *yo, k, k2tog; rep from * to end;

BO, weave in loose ends.

Have fun!