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Plaid Super Scarf

September 7, 2016 4 Comments

Knit this super cozy scarf throughout the fall to keep you warm this winter! | Plaid Super Scarf by Heidi Gustad for AllFreeKnitting

all images via AllFreeKnitting

My newest pattern was released this week online at AllFreeKnitting. Measuring in at one foot by 12 feet, the Plaid Super Scarf lives up to its name! The Craft Yarn Council launched a new initiative yesterday for fall, calling on yarn crafters to jump on this season’s hottest trend – the super scarf. Super scarves are fun – they can be wrapped around (and around) you for limitless layering potential when it’s mega cold, and they can double as a wrap shawl or throw. After all, you’re putting in the time to knit ’em, why not make the finished piece do double duty?

Knit this super cozy scarf throughout the fall to keep you warm this winter! | Plaid Super Scarf by Heidi Gustad for AllFreeKnitting

The pattern for my Plaid Super Scarf is available for free on AllFreeKnitting. It features an edge that alternates between colors A and B for some added elegance inspired by Latvian braids. The repeating plaid motif used throughout is a fun one. It uses slipped stitches and the simplest stranded colorwork to create a knit plaid that looks like it was created on a weaving loom.

Knit this super cozy scarf throughout the fall to keep you warm this winter! | Plaid Super Scarf by Heidi Gustad for AllFreeKnitting

New to knitting plaid? I’ve got a video to help you master this technique – and if you tackle the super scarf, you’ll for sure have it down after knitting twelve feet of it!

Are you up to the challenge? Right now it’s a bit warm in my neck of the woods, but it’s the perfect time to cast on this bad boy and have yourself a gorgeous piece to wear for winter. As a designer, I’m always crafting projects for a season 6 or more months out. My deadline for this wooly scarf was mid-July! So as usual, I was the weirdo hauling 6 skeins of wool yarn around Chicago as I plugged away on my piece. The highlight had to have been working on the Plaid Super Scarf in the middle of a music festival – here’s the proof!

Being a knit designer means you get to be the weirdo knitting wool plaid in the middle of July at a music festival. 💁🏼😆🇺🇸✂️🙌🏻 #handsoccupied #lifeway #kefir #p4k #pitchfork #knitting #knit #knitdesign #placesyoucanknit #knitonthego

A photo posted by Heidi Gustad (@handsoccupied) on Jul 16, 2016 at 3:46pm PDT

Casting on a ginormous knitting or crochet project might seem a bit daunting, but another reason to try my or any one of the other super scarves released this week is your pocketbook. The Plaid Super Scarf was designed with 6 skeins of Patons Classic Wool Roving, which retails for around $7. Even without coupons, you can make yourself this whole scarf for $42! Compare that to the retail price of the average store bought, haute couture super scarf, and you’ve got yourself a fashion staple for a steal.

Knit this super cozy scarf throughout the fall to keep you warm this winter! | Plaid Super Scarf by Heidi Gustad for AllFreeKnitting

If you make your own super scarf, don’t forget to use the hashtag #superscarf to share progress pics with other yarn crafters. 

Filed Under: Free Patterns, Knitting, Knitting & Crochet Tagged With: allfreeknitting, craft yarn council, free pattern, latvian braid, plaid super scarf, super scarf, video tutorial, woven plaid

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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  1. Pattymac

    September 8, 2016 at 11:58 am

    I also love super long scarves!!! I love your term “Super Scarves!” This one certainly is. I’m never tried that stitch pattern, so thanks for the tutorial.

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    • Heidi

      September 10, 2016 at 5:31 pm

      Yeah, it’s so fun to knit! Really a different technique than one you come across every day, which is lovely. :)

      Reply
  2. Christy

    October 19, 2016 at 3:10 pm

    This is the cutest pattern, I think that I will start out with a swatch and build up to the super scarf.

    Reply
  3. Melody

    December 1, 2016 at 10:15 am

    Love this! I can’t wait to treat myself to some gorgeous Patons and make it. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply

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How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style . How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style 
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In knitting, there are a few common knitting styles. Most often you’re going to encounter continental style and English (throwing) style on your knitting journey. I recently had an old video teaching continental style get a lot of views. Based on the comments, it was clear the people wanted to also see a throwing tutorial, so here you go! 🧶
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Please note that there is a LOT of variation in knitting styles, and one isn’t necessarily better than another. Most often, I’ve found it comes down to two things: how you were taught and whether or not you’re really into colorwork knitting (which can involve a mix of styles). 
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Longer-term knitters who’ve made it this far: do you prefer one over the other? And why? 
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How to do a one-step provisional knitting cast on How to do a one-step provisional knitting cast on / a.k.a. crochet provisional cast on, scrap yarn cast on
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I read recently that tiktok and Instagram are being used as search engines more and more. 🤔 I thought since I’m going to all the work of making tutorials on YouTube, I should experiment with making a quick version of them for other platforms. There are obvious teaching limitations to vertical video, short-form content like this, but I think I covered the gist of this cast on in a minute. The YouTube version also covers how to unzip this cast on because there was time for it 👍🏻 L1nk is in my profile. 
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I’m very much looking for feedback as I continue to make instructional knitting & craft videos. Sometimes good tutorials are hard to find, and (ideally polite) feedback helps me improve. 
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For the first time in a long time, there’s a new For the first time in a long time, there’s a new tutorial from Hands Occupied! 🎉 The video is live on YouTube & the blog. 
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The post covers what provisional cast ons are & how they differ, and the video covers how to work a one-step provisional cast on using scrap yarn and a crochet hook. (This is a great one to save for future reference.)
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I learned several names for this method while researching this video & post. Crochet provisional cast on, one-step cast on, scrap yarn cast on - if you know even more names for this technique, please share! 
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Working on a sample for some upcoming videos. It’s an overcast day with intermittent sunshine & I have a scruffy little sidecar. 🐶 Can’t complain! 
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What’s on your needles this week? 
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Yarn: @debbieblissknits Cashmerino Aran 
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Peg boards and craft room organization go together Peg boards and craft room organization go together like peanut butter and jelly. So, as you can see, do latch hook tools and screwdriver organizers! 🪛 
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I think this trick translates to any tool with a thick handle, so leather working tools, punch needles, print making tools, etc. should work! What other tools am I, a needlecrafter, blanking on right now? 
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