Fibonacci Rib Sock-but-not-Sock Throw
I am really pleased with how my Handmaiden Casbah throw is turning out:
I like the way that using the two strands blends the colors, and the mixed up 2x2 rib gives it texture without having to follow a complicated pattern.
Although the pattern is easy when you understand it, I am having trouble coming up with an easy way to explain it. Basically, it is a 2x2 rib that is shifted over 2 spaces after a certain number of rows. Originally, I was going to make each segment six rows long, but that looked too rigid. Instead, I decided to use the Fibonacci sequence to determine the number of rows. So the pattern is:
13 rows - k2p2 rib
8 rows - p2k2 rib
5 rows- k2p2 rib
3 rows - p2k2 rib
2 rows - k2p2 rib
3 rows - p2k2 rib
5 rows - k2p2 rib
8 rows - p2k2 rib
... and then you repeat from the beginning
I cast on 250 stitches using 2 strands on #9 needles. That makes it very wide (about 54"). Basically, it needs to be a multiple of 4 stitches plus 10 stitches for the border sections.
The border sections are 5 stitches wide, so each row is:
Ktbl (knit through the back loop), k1p1k1p1 -- then follow the "Fibonacci rib pattern" until 5 stitches remain -- k1p1k1p1, slip the last stich with the yarn in back.
Clear as mud?
Well, I tried to diagram the stitches, but that makes it look even more frightening. Here is the diagram of the "Fibonacci rib":
I like the way that using the two strands blends the colors, and the mixed up 2x2 rib gives it texture without having to follow a complicated pattern.
Although the pattern is easy when you understand it, I am having trouble coming up with an easy way to explain it. Basically, it is a 2x2 rib that is shifted over 2 spaces after a certain number of rows. Originally, I was going to make each segment six rows long, but that looked too rigid. Instead, I decided to use the Fibonacci sequence to determine the number of rows. So the pattern is:
13 rows - k2p2 rib
8 rows - p2k2 rib
5 rows- k2p2 rib
3 rows - p2k2 rib
2 rows - k2p2 rib
3 rows - p2k2 rib
5 rows - k2p2 rib
8 rows - p2k2 rib
... and then you repeat from the beginning
I cast on 250 stitches using 2 strands on #9 needles. That makes it very wide (about 54"). Basically, it needs to be a multiple of 4 stitches plus 10 stitches for the border sections.
The border sections are 5 stitches wide, so each row is:
Ktbl (knit through the back loop), k1p1k1p1 -- then follow the "Fibonacci rib pattern" until 5 stitches remain -- k1p1k1p1, slip the last stich with the yarn in back.
Clear as mud?
Well, I tried to diagram the stitches, but that makes it look even more frightening. Here is the diagram of the "Fibonacci rib":
Thanks for the pattern. i like it and your yarn. i am printing it out now. you are a good kid.tomorrow i will watch more of Barack Obama and family in Washington.
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thanks for the pattern, you are a neat girl. love the yarn/color. you are a fast knitter. how long does it take for you to knit up a scarf????thanks again.
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I am so glad that you like the pattern.
I wish I could knit faster! There is so much that I want to knit, and never enough time. It takes me 3-4 days to knit a scarf.
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Carla, hey! Question: when you started with the two strands, did you try to start them held together at the same point in the colorway?
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If it had not been 2x2, it would have certainly been of a color quite undistinguishable and therefore complicated. I certainly would not have liked that either because too much color mixing or color variation is just not that appealing to look at. I am hoping to have a closer study on how to do this as you have listed the diagram of the stitches. I know it’s too big for an amateur but why not have a try?
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