Keyhole Scarf Question

#1

Hello all! I am currently making a scarf for the little one and since I new nothing about knitting I let the person at my LYS talk me into just one skein of Malabrigo yarn. Now something told me, “buy two, buy two”. :shrug: But I told my inner voice to hush and did as the owner suggested. Big mistake. :hair:

Now the yarn lots are totally different and thus the color will be off. I recently read about keyhole scarfs.

My question is: is there a formula or rule of thumb to use when binding off stitches for this type of scarf? I cast on 26s. What do I bind off? I tried 26/2=13, so I thought to myself… This must mean BO s11-15. This made a HOLE not a keyhole. I have since frogged the work about three inches.

Suggestions will be a lifesaver!

#2

If you want a slit that runs in the direction of the length of the scarf, work until you want to start the slit. Then you’ll knit across half way and stop. With another strand, you knit the rest of the way across. You knit each side with it’s own strand until the slit is how big you want it to be, then knit across the entire row with one skein again.

#3

Can you say more about that? Knit across half way? Would that be to s13? And what other strand? Do I turn the work and just work the two separate sides but not the slit side? (Saw this on youtube). And what do I do with the skein at the end? Sorry but I have only been knitting a few months. And although I can knit, purl, rib… I still cannot cable or follow patterns well. :frowning:

#4

Knit 13 and stop.

You can either work each side separately–work these 13 until the slit is the length you want, or use the other end of your ball to work them at the same time. If you work them at the same time, you’ll know for sure that they’re the same length.

In that case, you’d k13, stop that strand and knit stitches 14-26 with a new strand–just start knitting with it and you can weave in the end later. The slit will automatically happen since the two halves are no longer connected.

Either way will work.

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#5

:woot: This is amazing!!! I am going to work on it right now.:woot: