WIP: Broken Rib Scarf
This is a broken rib scarf I'm knitting in Lion Bran yarn's Homespun line, in a color I can't find on their website. I'm guessing they don't make it anymore.
The pattern is called a broken rib because the rib pattern isn't a solid rib. A rib pattern is what you hear when people say the knit two, pearl two. It makes the vertical lines that stretch wide. This broken rib inserts a single column of seed stitch in the center of a knit three, pearl three rib.
For the knitters out there, the pattern is, knit three, pearl three for row one, ending in pearl three. For row two, it's knit one, pearl one across. Repeat rows one and two for as long as you want the project to be. Super easy and it's very versatile. Good for scarves, hats, blankets, shawls... Anything that you want to lay flat, but be a little stretchy.
You can't see the pattern very well with this yarn because of the texture of the Homespun yarn: it's bumpy and makes any pattern hard to see.
Homespun yarn is beautiful, soft, and best shown off in simple patterns, like garter stitch, seed stitch, stockinette stitch, or in crochet, with a simple single, double, or triple crochet. The yarn is often variegated or self striping.
My favorite shawl is made from Homespun yarn, in another color I didn't see on the website, that is self striping and almost a full rainbow. It's gorgeous. I love it. To view the post about it click here.
I bought this yarn about ten years ago to make a hat and scarf set I never wore. I took it apart to use the yarn for other things. The original project used two skeins of the yarn, and the project was actually my first lesson in the importance of choosing yarn in the same dye lot. The two skeins are the same color by name, but very different. I'm knitting them into two different scarves and am planning to send one to my grandmother and keep the other for myself. I'll take a picture of both of them together when I'm done to show how different they are.
I can't wait until this scarf is done and I can choose one to wear for myself. Homespun yarn is so soft, and this scarf will be a pleasure to wear.
The pattern is called a broken rib because the rib pattern isn't a solid rib. A rib pattern is what you hear when people say the knit two, pearl two. It makes the vertical lines that stretch wide. This broken rib inserts a single column of seed stitch in the center of a knit three, pearl three rib.
For the knitters out there, the pattern is, knit three, pearl three for row one, ending in pearl three. For row two, it's knit one, pearl one across. Repeat rows one and two for as long as you want the project to be. Super easy and it's very versatile. Good for scarves, hats, blankets, shawls... Anything that you want to lay flat, but be a little stretchy.
You can't see the pattern very well with this yarn because of the texture of the Homespun yarn: it's bumpy and makes any pattern hard to see.
Homespun yarn is beautiful, soft, and best shown off in simple patterns, like garter stitch, seed stitch, stockinette stitch, or in crochet, with a simple single, double, or triple crochet. The yarn is often variegated or self striping.
My favorite shawl is made from Homespun yarn, in another color I didn't see on the website, that is self striping and almost a full rainbow. It's gorgeous. I love it. To view the post about it click here.
I bought this yarn about ten years ago to make a hat and scarf set I never wore. I took it apart to use the yarn for other things. The original project used two skeins of the yarn, and the project was actually my first lesson in the importance of choosing yarn in the same dye lot. The two skeins are the same color by name, but very different. I'm knitting them into two different scarves and am planning to send one to my grandmother and keep the other for myself. I'll take a picture of both of them together when I'm done to show how different they are.
I can't wait until this scarf is done and I can choose one to wear for myself. Homespun yarn is so soft, and this scarf will be a pleasure to wear.
Photo Credit: Katherine Elizabeth
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