Football Mania Scarf

The Scarf pictured to the left is my latest completed project. This scarf is for my friend Nancy. Nancy was the one who taught me how to knit. Nancy is not only a knitter but also is a big fan of our Appalachian State Mountaineers Football team and attends almost all of the games. As a "Thank You" present for teaching me this new obsession, I decided to knit Nancy a ASU themed scarf for her to wear to our chilly ASU home games this next fall. Our colors are black and gold (obviously). Here is a close up of the weave. This is plain knit stitch (21 casted on) and using one thread each from a black skein and a gold skein.

I love to make fringe but never found a good way to make it. With help from my smallest "Knifty Knitter" loom, I was able to make the fringe the right size. To trim, I hung the scarf up over my shower rod and trimmed off the excess. I thought the alternating colors turned out well.

This project was done with just regular Sweet Heart yarn.... one black and one gold. The project only took probably half of the skeins. What you see to the left are the remnants of the skeins. I put the two colors together and cast them on together using the two strands like one. I used Size 11 Bamboo Needles. If you haven't switched over to bamboo needles... pay the extra and get them. They are like butter. You can get them at Michaels, JoAnn's or AC Moore.