It's long enough to wrap around your neck a couple times. It's exactly half of a normal Baker scarf, which I think is 18 feet? So that would put it about about nine feet. (Can you tell I haven't quite gotten a measuring tape yet?) Knitting-wise, it's 512 rows long.
yikes... that is way too long for me, and way too hot for the mild new mexico winters here. how much to commission a scarf that is more like 4 feet-ish? (I can measure my two fave scarves, that are just the right size, to be sure)
For just a little scarf like that, 15 for labor, plus yarn and shipping. I don't think the Tom Baker pattern would fit into a scarf so small, but we can do anything custom-made! As you can see, I'm now able to do pictures too. For scarf-wearing in hot conditions, maybe you'll want one that is not so wide, and done with a loose stitch, to let air in. Just lemme know what you've got in mind!
(On a side note, I clambered out of bed to measure Scarf C against my own height... looks like it's more like 6 feet.)
To stop the edges curling add 3 perl stitches between the last 4 stitches on each end. They will sit behind the knit stitches, so won't interrupt your pattern.
The pattern will tuck away behind. You will see it on the reverse, so I'd do it the same colour as the outside stitch next to it. (ie, the stitch to the left on the left side, and the stitch to the right on the right side.) So your left edge where you have: RBBWWWW... You would: kR, pR, kB, pB, kB, pB, kWWWWWWW...etc I would place markers 6sts in from either end so you can keep track as you go.
Hang on... Are you hand knitting or machine knitting these? - the in progress pics are coming up grey here.
I don't think I'm following your suggestions here. I guess my mind processes knitting a bit differently than yours? They're completely hand-knitted, and there are no in-progress pictures, all the pictures were taken after the scarf was finished. I don't know what you mean by grey?
Beautifully done! I love the turquoise in B and C. I did a bright version myself but I couldn't lay my hands on turquoise in the yarn I was using and it's my favourite colour. The Fifth Doctor one is so cleverly designed and done!
If the Fifth Doctor one in wool? If so, you can put a damp cloth (linen or cotton tea towels work well) over it and press with an iron set to "wool" heat. I got a scarf to lie pretty flat like that. I read you can steam acrylic by hovering the iron over it and giving bursts (but never touching with the iron or it will melt) but I haven't tried that yet. Or maybe you could line it with cloth.
These are awesome! How long did it take you to do one scarf, and how many stitches? I feel like such a baby, I only did ONE Baker scarf and it seemed like this monstrous thing.
When I was making my first full-sized Baker scarf (now sold and thus not pictured), it was the 66 stitches that the website said the original was. That one took me about a month. Scarves A and B are 42 stitches across, and I like the width on them much better. They each took me somewhere between a week and a half to two weeks. Scarf B is 35 stitches across, and took me I think like 5 or 6 days?
Not unless Grygon up there ends up wanting it after all! And hey, I can ALWAYS make another. Custom-made, don'tcha know. If you really want it, my paypal address is floppybellyoh@yahoo.com - Just include the 20 for the scarf, probably about 5 for shipping, and the address you want it sent to!
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Knitting-wise, it's 512 rows long.
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(On a side note, I clambered out of bed to measure Scarf C against my own height... looks like it's more like 6 feet.)
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They will sit behind the knit stitches, so won't interrupt your pattern.
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So your left edge where you have:
RBBWWWW...
You would:
kR, pR, kB, pB, kB, pB, kWWWWWWW...etc
I would place markers 6sts in from either end so you can keep track as you go.
Hang on... Are you hand knitting or machine knitting these? - the in progress pics are coming up grey here.
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They're completely hand-knitted, and there are no in-progress pictures, all the pictures were taken after the scarf was finished. I don't know what you mean by grey?
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If the Fifth Doctor one in wool? If so, you can put a damp cloth (linen or cotton tea towels work well) over it and press with an iron set to "wool" heat. I got a scarf to lie pretty flat like that. I read you can steam acrylic by hovering the iron over it and giving bursts (but never touching with the iron or it will melt) but I haven't tried that yet. Or maybe you could line it with cloth.
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Scarves A and B are 42 stitches across, and I like the width on them much better. They each took me somewhere between a week and a half to two weeks. Scarf B is 35 stitches across, and took me I think like 5 or 6 days?
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