A continuing fascination with fleece material – it is light and warm and rain and wind resistant and some is now being made from recycled pop cans – led to these scarves.
A length of fleece was taken and stitched up the center with long running stitches and then those stitches were gathered. That, basically, is it.
Different effects can be obtained by varying the amount of gathering either all the way along the length or in sections. I loosened up around the middle of the length where it goes around the neck and then made it tighter near one end which gave more weight there and thus a nice drape and hang when looped in a half knot with the other end.
A shorter version gives a collar effect and teamed with a collar-less coat makes for options in changeable weather (such as Victoria's "…wait twenty minutes…." ) and changeable seasons.
I imagine running the stitches closer to one side and not down the middle would make an interesting difference but I haven't played around with that yet.
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8 responses to “Scrunch scarf ; quick and easy”
Very pretty, Karen. Good idea. Fran
See my finished twisted scarf on my blog
EstherWoodWork… that is the one I was telling you about when you were at Koffi on Monday…
same effect as your gathered-fleece scarf..
Thank you, Fran.
Hi Esther
Awesome scarf.
Great idea – I hope to try this with my weaving by putting a strip of felt-able yarns down the centre (or side) and letting the rest ruffle. This makes it even easier!
Terri
Hello Terri
I’m interested to know how this works out -do you mean a number of warp threads? It could translate into knitting or crocheting with the introduction of a row or two of wool in the midst of acrylics. Hmmm. Some quite unusual effects could occur.
Yes, it would be a section of warp threads that could then felt together – while the non-felting warps would be left to ruffle. Sometimes called collapsed weave. Yes, it would work with knitting or crochet as well. Some photos on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29454195@N05/3488409109/in/set-72157606697185628/) of someone’s work with this idea…
Terri
Different effects can be obtained by varying the amount of gathering either all the way along the length or in sections. I loosened up around the middle of the length where it goes around the neck and then made it tighter