[Padittle]

Padittle's Anthro-Inspired Scarflet

I continued increasing for 32 rows, giving me 34 stitches & 6.5” across the leaf & 5” long. I did 6 more rows (38) to give me 5.5”. The leaf used 14 grams (so I keep aside enough for the l...

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First of all, I should have known better than to knit this in acrylic - others on Ravelry had complained that the edges rolled terribly. But I had this pretty blue yarn, in the right amount…

My desperation move, after trying a single crochet & an I-cord border that didn’t help, was to thread a tapestry needle & use a sort of Bickford stitch to draw in the edge to the first column of knit stitches. Anyone else try offbeat methods to resolve a knitting problem?

 

[dunnville89]

I haven't tried offbeat strategies. Did this one work?

 

[MMWRay]

Did this prevent roll?

 

[Padittle]

Yes, amazingly it did work!

 

[toknitorread]

Yes, amazingly it did work!

Awesome! Very creative solution!

 

[leftyknitter21]

In the future, if you're knitting something in stockinette stitch, always put a border on it while you knit it. A simple 3 stitch garter stitch border will keep it from curling.

I'm glad your solution worked but you might use the above in the future.

 

[gardencitygranny]

Yes, amazingly it did work!

That's great! I vaguely remember reading somewhere that you can take one of the stitches at your cast off edge (3-5 stitches in) and let it run down so that it produces a space with no stitch. Sorry if I am not describing it right, but there used to be a shawl that was made using this same treatment - don't know the name of it either. Anyway, that space will stop the roll.

 

[NanaFran]

Whatever works for you! There are no knitting police!

 

[Knitterlyk]

That was pretty ingenious! Glad it worked and thanks for sharing.

 

[sheherazade]

Yay you for getting creative with that pretty blue yarn! Lovely pattern!

 

[klmc]

Glad your hack worked, the color is gorgeous. Thank you for the pattern link, my daughter recently relocated to NYC, and was talking about this style scarf last night.

 

[targa416]

I’m so glad your hack worked, that’s very creative. I’m just trying to figure out, though, since this isn’t really stockinette, why it curls. I read some project notes on Ravelry and several knitters mention the curl.