Knitting Chevron Scarf - Knit V's looking like dashes?

#1

I started this scarf 2 years ago and just picked it up a few days ago. I noticed that the v’s on the knit side started having these weird looking dashes…

Sorry for the bad picture, but hopefully it explains what I mean better:

Here is an earlier (not so close) shot of my scarf, where my knitting looked normal:

To me, it seems like I am knitting it the same way as when I originally started. Can anyone identify what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

Alison

#2

What kind of increase are you using? It looks like you might be doing a different one than you did before.

#3

The increase is kf&b for 8 stitches.

I found this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P4Q8XYaryg where the woman mentions the “horizontal bars” and that is what I am getting. However, the rest of my scarf doesn’t have that, and I don’t know what I am doing different.

#4

The horizontal bars comes from making a kfb increase. That’s what I thought they were and it looks like you did a different increase before. Or not… I can actually see them in the lower picture.

#5

It must be something in my technique. It only appears here and there in the lower portion of to scarf. However the last 10 repeats (basically the ones I did since picking this project up again) ALL have the horizontal dashes. I wish I knew what I was doing different. Thanks for your help :slight_smile:

#6

It could just be the different colors of yarn…? Or maybe you’re not doing the kfb the same way, or you’re wrapping the sts backwards to how you did them before.