Paintbrush Scarf ∙ How To by Cicada on Cut Out + Keep

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2012

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Knit and Destroy’s Paintbrush Scarf by Kandy Diamond

Stay warm ‘n’ cosy while expressing the artist in you!

Knit skills
~ cast on
~ knit, purl and rib ~ increase/decrease ~ slip stitch

Kandy Diamond is the brains and brawn behind Knit and Destroy: the one-woman knit machine that makes a range of fun, novelty and top-quality knits. When she isn’t knitting, or roller-skating around and drinking gallons of tea, Kandy is a keen all round crafter and co- writes the biannual craft zine Sugar Paper: 20 things to make and do. www.knitanddestroy. co.uk, www.sugarpapergang.blogspot.com.
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Crafts

Knitting

5 sample projects

Extract from

State of Craft by Victoria Woodcock

Published by Cicada Books

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, as the perils of globalized consumerism became an omnipresent reality and a topic of which all were aware, a small critical mass began to eschew mass-produced domestic design in favor of producing handmade and recycled objects themselves. The craft revolution of the early 2000s gained early visibility with the renewed popularity of knitting, which in turn revived the dying arts of crochet, embroidery, bricolage and macramé, seeping from the fringes of the culture into its mainstream. In 2005, Victoria Woodcock and Ziggy Hanaor edited Making Stuff, one of the first alternative craft books to hit the shelves and draw the spotlight to this burgeoning movement. With State of Craft, Woodcock and Hanaor shake things up once again,...

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Instructions

Project Cost: Cheap

1

Using yarn A, cast on 18 sts.
2

The pattern is worked in a knit-1-purl-1 rib
throughout,with the first stitches “slipped” for neat edge. First, shape the brush handle as follows: Row 1: k1, p1 to end.
Row 2: sl1, *p1, k1; rep from * to last st, p1.
Rows 3-9: as row 2.
Row 10 (first increase row): m1 (p1, k1 into one stitch – purl into the front and knit into the back), *p1, k1; rep from * to last st, m1 (p1, k1 – as before). You have 20 sts.
Row 11: sl1, *k1, p1; rep from * to last st, k1.
Rows 12-19: as row 11.
Row 20 (second increase row): m1 (k1, p1 – knit into the front and purl into the back), *k1, p1; rep from * to last st, m1 (k1, p1 – as before). You now have 22 sts.
Row 21: sl1, *p1, k1; rep from * to last st, p1.
Rows 22-29: as row 21. Repeat rows 10-29 5 more times. You will now have 42 sts.
3

Add length:
Continue working in k1-p1 rib (sl1, *p1, k1; rep from * to last stitch, p1) until work measures 135cm.
4

Shape the metal tip:
Switch to yarn B. You will be working in colour B for the next 40 rows, with the exception of 2 single-row stripes of colour A at rows 5 and 10.
Rows 1-3: sl1,*p1, k1; rep from * to last st, p1.
Row 4 (first decrease row): p2tog,*k1, p1; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2tog. You now have 40 sts.
Row 5: join in A. P1, k1 to end.
Row 6: using B. P1, k1 to end.
Row 7: sl1, *k1, p1; rep from * to last stitch, k1.
Row 8 (decrease row): k2tog, *p1 k1; rep from * to last 2 sts, p2tog.
Row 9: sl1, *p1, k1; rep from * to last st, p1.
Row 10: using A. K1, p1 to end.
Row 11: using B. K1, p1 to end.
Row 12 (decrease row): p2tog, *k1, p1; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2tog.
Rows 13-15: sl1, *k1, p1; rep from * to last st, k1. Row 16 (decrease row): k2tog, *p1, k1; rep from * to last 2 sts, p2tog. You now have 34 sts.
Rows 17-19: sl1, *p1, k1; rep from * to last st, p1. Repeat rows 12-19 twice more. You will now have 26 sts.
Row 36 (decrease): p2tog, *k1, p1; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2tog.
Rows 37-39: sl1, *k1, p1; rep from * to last st, k1. Row 40 (decrease): k2tog, *p1, k1; rep from * to last 2 sts, p2tog. You will now have 22 sts
Row 41: join in A. K1, p1 to end.
5

Shape the bristles:
Row 42: Join in C. K1, p1 to end.
Row 43 (increase row): m1 (p1, k1 into one stitch – purl into the front and knit into the back), *p1, k1; rep from * to last st, m1 (p1, k1 – as before).
Row 44: sl1, *k1, p1; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 45 (increase row): m1 (k1, p1 into one stitch – knit into the front and purl into the back), *k1, p1; rep from * to last st, m1 (k1, p1 – as before).
Row 46: sl1, *p1, k1; rep from * to last st, p1. Repeat rows 43-46 4 more times. You will have 42 sts.
Rows 58-60: sl1, *p1, k1; rep from * to last st, p1.
6

Shape the paint-dip:
Row 61: Join in D. K1, p1 to end.
Rows 62-64: sl1, *p1, k1; rep from * to last st, p1. Row 65 (decrease row): k2tog,*p1,k1; rep from * to last 2 sts, p2tog.
Row 66 (decrease row): p2tog,*k1, p1; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2tog.
Repeat rows 65 and 66 until 4 sts are left. Cast off.
7

Hooray! You have knitted yourself an awesome paintbrush scarf. Use the yarn needle to weave the loose yarn ends back into the body of the scarf.