Showing my newb/inspired by last post.

[jackandahat]

I liked this pattern so I turned it into a scarf (picture pre-blocking, it's still drying).

Now, I want to do one in the round so I can have both sides of the scarf looking the same. But I have two questions:

1. What do you do with the ends of a scarf knit in the round? (I've never done one before). Leave them open? Sew them shut? Do a provisional cast on and graft them like sock toes so they're all neat? (Both a general: "What should I do?" and "What do you do?")

2. When making it round - would I just repeat the pattern, side by side, or would it help to add a stitch either side so it will lie flat? (I was thinking a one or two-stitch-wide stockingette strip to be the "fold", if that makes sense?) Of course, I don't know what I'm doing here - never knitted a scarf in the round, just socks and hats and such - so I could be talking out my ear here.

Comments

[pinesandmaples]

Blocking a lace pattern knit in the round like that is a real pain in the butt. To get the lace to open up well, you're going to have to jump through some hoops and (probably) annoy yourself a few times.

What do you do with the ends of a scarf knit in the round?

Quite literally, whatever the heck you want. Some people believe in the way of the fringe. Some people are fond of a clean edge. Some people don't care and want to wear their scarf now then never get around to sewing it closed. I do not knit scarves so I do not have to worry about finishing them.

[jackandahat]

I'm actually not likely to block it that much - I'm not as keen with how it turned out when I blocked the first one (I suspect I overdid it a bit) - I liked it better when it was textured rather than flat. But that's good to know in advance, thank you.