Stash Busting Scarf

Yesterday I mentioned that I was knitting a few stash busting scarves.  These are great for a variety of reasons

• they bust stashes
• they are colorful and fun
• no ends to weave in
• totally mindless for those of us who need a brain-dead project every once in a while
• they are quick and easy
• no real yarn requirements, no weight restrictions, no fiber restrictions, no color restrictions
  

  the grellow one from the other day

So here’s how I make them:

1. I gather my stash to be busted
2. I pick a yarn at random
3. I cast on somewhere between 150 and 200 sts onto size US 11 36 inch circular needles
4. I cut the yarn so that this tail is the same length as the cast on tail
5. I pick another yarn at random
6. I tie the tail, at the same length, to the one I just cut
7. I knit a single row
8. I cut the tail to the same length (these tails create the fringe, you see)
9. I repeat steps 5 – 8 until the scarf is adequately wide
10. I BO loosely
11. I revel in the delight of a new, colorful scarf and a reasonably busted stash, possibly with a caffeinated or alcoholic beverage
    

    fringies

Now ya’ll can make your own, bust your own stashes and revel with me. Happy Thursday!

the or-een one cast on after the grellow

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