Is that where you're changing colour? If so, the original scarf has three stitches in the old colour showing like that, so it's canon! And the scarf in the first photo looks great!
I'd add the tassels to make it authentic, and maybe have a longer neck loop, or two (one round the neck, one to the waist). I actually reduced the number of rows for each colour so I wouldn't end up with something I'd be certain to trip over, knowing me. :-P
Really? Yay! I'm still changing the way I change colors though. :P I just learned how the other way and I like how it looks. Though I think the reason my grandma had me do it the other way was so it was more secure, but I'll make sure I weave the end in a lot.
I made the scarf an inch or two wider than I was supposed to by accident (I did the right amount of stitches though...) so it looks really bulky when I do that.
I don't know. I think I'm going to add them anyway since I want this to be authentic. Maybe if I do this again I'll make it smaller. Thanks for saying it looks great! ^_^
I made one full-length Four scarf a few years back, and then a year or so back I made another half-length one for regular wearing. I took my Ravenclaw scarf (long enough to be interestingly long, but short enough to wear comfortably) and measured it against my Four scarf to figure out how much of the pattern to work for the exact length I wanted.
So, yeah, I'm agreeing with the plan to make the first one authentic and then a later one fixing the bits you don't like for day-to-day wear. Because it's an addictive thing, making Four scarves.
I'm going to use it as a normal scarf. Do any of you think that's a good idea?
I made one of mine long -- not 22 feet, but over 15, and since I'm just over 5 feet tall it's very long on me. If I want to wear it "Fourth Doctor" style I loop it twice with one of the loops down to below my waist, like Vilakins described. But for normal wear, I found I could fold it in half, so it was double thickness but only half as long, then drape it over my neck and throw one of the ends back over my shoulder to keep the front of my neck warm. It works really well, I don't trip over it, and for times I want to look a little less oddball, it's also good. :)
If you want another way to weave in ends, this is how I do it. Nothing's come undone on me yet. I also knew that if I left all of those ends until the end, I'd NEVER finish the damn thing.
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I'd add the tassels to make it authentic, and maybe have a longer neck loop, or two (one round the neck, one to the waist). I actually reduced the number of rows for each colour so I wouldn't end up with something I'd be certain to trip over, knowing me. :-P
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I made the scarf an inch or two wider than I was supposed to by accident (I did the right amount of stitches though...) so it looks really bulky when I do that.
I don't know. I think I'm going to add them anyway since I want this to be authentic. Maybe if I do this again I'll make it smaller.
Thanks for saying it looks great! ^_^
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So, yeah, I'm agreeing with the plan to make the first one authentic and then a later one fixing the bits you don't like for day-to-day wear. Because it's an addictive thing, making Four scarves.
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I made one of mine long -- not 22 feet, but over 15, and since I'm just over 5 feet tall it's very long on me. If I want to wear it "Fourth Doctor" style I loop it twice with one of the loops down to below my waist, like Vilakins described. But for normal wear, I found I could fold it in half, so it was double thickness but only half as long, then drape it over my neck and throw one of the ends back over my shoulder to keep the front of my neck warm. It works really well, I don't trip over it, and for times I want to look a little less oddball, it's also good. :)
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If you want another way to weave in ends, this is how I do it. Nothing's come undone on me yet. I also knew that if I left all of those ends until the end, I'd NEVER finish the damn thing.
Keep on going!
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I hope someone might know how to fix that horrid color change thing.
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With the colour changes the way you've done them, the Doctor Who scarf website suggests finishing the rest of that this way.
Maybe there's something on youtube that would show you a better way to weave in ends?
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