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Contact OFAA Message from Lily Chin
To new knitters and crocheters,
Congratulations on learning to craft. Your hands are a window into your hearts and souls. With each project you make, there truly is a piece of you in it. They say there is love in every stitch and that a handmade scarf is like a hug from the giver.
Thus, I'm especially pleased that you've decided to get involved with the Orphan Foundation's Red Scarf Project. The orphans have known lots of adversity in their lives and it's the very least we can do to show that someone out there, even a stranger, truly cares.
This is one of the reasons I got involved. To help in the efforts, I've
developed a pretty simple yet sophisticated-looking scarf pattern. Not only is it unisex, it looks good on both sides and is fully reversible. I love to make things that only seem complex but are far more easy to make than meets the eye.
Please feel free to use this pattern for yourself and other loved ones too,
Of course, but remember that if everyone who uses this pattern makes at least one scarf for our cause, that will be a lot of caring to share all around.
And if you feel especially moved or close to the cause, please consider the Red Scarf Fund or perhaps incuding a gift card with your scarf donation. After all, orphans can’t live by scarves alone. ;-)
Happy stitching,
Lily Chin
(S)MOCK REVERSIBLY “CABLED” SCARF
by Lily Chin for the Red Scarf Project
This phony cable requires no cable needle and almost resembles smocking (hence its name). It is nearly identical on both sides, definitely a plus for a scarf.
Materials: Lily Chin Signature Collection “Gramercy” (100% extra fine superwash merino wool) - the official yarn of the Red Scarf Project of the Orphan Foundation, 127 yds/50g - 5 balls. Knitting needles size 6 or size to get gauge.
Gauge: 8 sts and 7 rows = 1” or 32 rows and 28 rows = 4”/10cm in 1x1 rib or pattern st.
Sizes: 7.5” x 64”
Special Abbreviations: yo = yarn over
Directions:
Cast on 60 sts.
Rows 1, 2 and 3: Slip first st as if to K, p 1, (k 1, p 1) across.
Row 4: Slip first st as if to K, p 1, * keep yarn in the front, when you (k 1, p 1) twice, have the yarn wind up over the needle at the beginning of this - it will form a yarn over or yo which looks like an extra st at the beginning of these 4 rib sts, pass this yo or extra st over the last 4 rib sts just worked by lifting the yo with tip of left-needle to form a bar over these sts that resembles a cable-crossing, (k 1, p 1) twice; rep from * across, end k 1, p 1.
Rows 5, 6 and 7: Rep rows 1, 2 and 3.
Row 8: Slip first st as if to K, p 1, * (k 1, p 1) twice, keep yarn in the front, when you (k 1, p 1) twice, have the yarn wind up over the needle at the beginning of this - it will form a yarn over or yo which looks like an extra st at the beginning of these 4 rib sts, pass this yo or extra st over the last 4 rib sts just worked by lifting the yo with tip of left-needle to form a bar over these sts that resembles a cable-crossing; rep from * across, end k 1, p 1.
Rep rows 1 through 8 for pattern. When scarf is long enough or when yarn runs out, bind off in rib pattern very tightly. Weave in ends.
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CROCHETED RED SCARF
by Lily Chin for the Red Scarf Project
This crocheted scarf is so very easy, just a one-row repeat. It is identical on both sides, definitely a plus for a scarf.
Materials: Lily Chin Signature Collection “Gramercy” (100% extra fine superwash merino wool) - the official yarn of the Red Scarf Project of the Orphan Foundation, 127 yds/50g - 3 balls. Knitting needles size 6 or size to get gauge.
Gauge: 11 pattern sts = 2”.
Sizes: 6” x 60”
Abbreviations: ch = chain, sc = single-crochet, hdc = half-double-crochet
Directions:
Very loosely ch 33.
Row 1: Hdc in 2nd ch from hook, * skip 1 ch, [sc, ch 2, sc] all in next ch, skip 1 ch; rep from * across, end hdc in last ch - 10 [sc, ch 1, sc] mini-shells with a hdc at each end.
Row 2 and all rows: Very loosely ch 1 and turn (do not count this ch as a st), hdc in first hdc, * skip next sc, [sc, ch 2, sc] all in next ch-2 space, skip next sc; rep from * across, end hdc in last hdc - 10 [sc, ch 1, sc] mini-shells with a hdc at each end.
Rep row 2 for pattern. When scarf is long enough or when yarn just about runs out, work last row: Very loosely ch 1 and turn (do not count this ch as a st), hdc in first hdc, * ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-2 space, ch 1, skip next sc; rep from * across, end hdc in last hdc. Weave in ends.