Hi, Newbie Knitter Asking Opinions ...

[ingridmatthews]

I asked my circle this morning, but thought I'd ask here as well. I want to knit a scarf that's appearing in the upcoming Sherlock Holmes 2 movie (link below). I have the yarn, but I'm kinda paralyzed by what stitch to use.

Here's what I posted. Please note that I'm a newbie knitter, but have an okay hang of the basics.

Okay, flist, I need advice from my more experienced knitters. I've decided to knit the Hotson Scarf of Ultimate Warmitude but I'm paralyzed deciding the stitch.

1)Garter. Pro: easiest and fastest for me, won't lose track and mess up. Con: doesn't look particularly pretty or polished, but maybe that's just me.

2) Stockinette. Pro: pretty and professional looking. Con: Heard it curls and doesn't hang awesomely. Is this really inevitable? :(

3) Ribs. Pro: Very, very pretty and soft, hangs well. Con: Will lose track very easily and the original scarf looks nothing like that to me.

Thanks for any input!

Comments

[ginny_t]

Has anyone suggested k1p1 rib? It wouldn't curl, and it can end up looking like a stockinette scarf unless you look at it closely. If so, have a look at the Noro striped scarf. It's rib, and it doesn't look like it. That's what I would do.

[hobbitbabe]

I'm currently knitting another one of those, because my first one turned out so well ... and I think it looks very like the one in the picture. They lie very flat, and if you use the trick of slipping the first and last stitches on every second row you can carry the non-working yarn invisibly up the side. That should work with wider stripes, just twist the two.


As for keeping track, it does help to get a little practice "reading" your knitting to see the rows of knits and rows of purls. And k1p1 is significantly slower to knit than all knit or all purl, because you have the extra step of moving the yarn for every stitch.

[ginny_t]

Good point about the slipped stitches: they make edges so much nicer. Instead of the first and last of every second row, though, I just slipped the first stitch of every row. You get the same result, or close enough.