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[dr_is_in]

Yay! My yarn arrived! (Well, sort of, the gray is on back order...not all of it is pictured there)

Comments

[jennybenz]

I think the width depends on the thickness of your yarn and the size of your needles. I started mine at 60 because I read it somewhere, and it ended up getting to 75 by the end because I kept adding stitches(oops!). I did find the width I ended up with was too wide to wear that comfortably, so you might want to look at what would be comfortable on your shoulders and figure out how many stitches are within that length.

I'm pretty sure the row you cast-on doesn't count, but I'll leave that question to the more knowledgeable knitters. :)

[tardis_tara]

The cast on row counts.

It's 60 stitches in DK weight yarn.

In worsted, it's closer to 40 sts.

The knitted width should be around 12 inches wide. This should block out to about 10-9" wide.

If this yarn is wool or a wool mix, you should block it.

If it's acrylic, shoot for a knitting width of between 9 and 10 inches wide.

[slytherinquoll]

Nope, cast on edge doesn't count as a row. :) I really don't know how many stitches to cast on since I don't know how wide it should be.

[alouette_sparra]

Cast on row counts, as I discovered with the scarf I'm knitting for my mother (alas, no Doctor scarf on the needles yet). The stripes for her scarf are supposed to be two rows wide, and the first one is three rows wide because I did not think the cast on row counted. It's not that noticeable, but I can tell and it bugs me.

As far as width goes, should be around 9-10 inches I believe. Depends on your gauge how many stitches that is.

[slytherinquoll]

I've never counted the CO edge as a row before, but they again I've never made a scarf before.

[omylouse]

nor have I... (only scarfs I've made have been own design anyway)....Possibly it depends on your CO method?

[uozaki]

Cast on row counting or not depends on how you do it. If it's long-tail, I usually count that as a row. If it's simple loop-it-over, it's up to you but I generally don't count it.

Also, those look like just plain straight needles, albeit with bendy ends. The caston shouldn't be any different than normal? Or am I seeing them wrong?

[dr_is_in]

They are like half bamboo needle and half bendy plastic part. They are made by Clover.

http://www.acmoore.com/p-43307-bamboo-flexible-knitting-needles-20-size-6.aspx

I'd never seen them before.

[vilakins]

I've never seen those either, but I know some people knitting DW scarves found circulars easier to knit on as you don't have to support the weight of a wide piece on the needles; it can rest in your lap. It looks as if those have the same advantage.

[dr_is_in]

Thats what the lady in the store told my husband's aunt when she went to buy it all for me....and told her I was knitting a Doctor Who scarf. She told her it would be easier for me to handle.