Sewn Ruffly Yarn Scarf

You Don't Need to Know How to Knit for One of These!

I came across this tutorial a few weeks ago on BurdaStyle, Sew a Ruffled Scarf and thought it would be great!  So I chose some yarn yesterday at JA and decided to try it.  It went along just as the tute said.  You will definitely need to sew a second strong stitch along the middle because i found just the one to be weak and it "ripped apart" I guess because it's hard to make sure your stitch is really grabbing the yarn enough to hold on.  I'm thinking if I bunched the yarn up more as i stitched down the middle, it might help hold the stitch better...it seemed I was not meticulous when it came to keeping that consistent going all the way down the scarf.  I bought 2 skeins - the other a Black & White, so I will try this again. Once I re-sewed those two places that had came apart, we were in good shape, and it's been good now. I had made sure i bunched them up good.  You will need to choose a Bulky yarn - or you might not get the fullness or ruffly effect.  The Yarn I chose was oh so soft and is real toasty around my neck.  It was 68 yds, and yielded a scarf of 1 1/4 yards, with me making the width about 5 inches.  It was rated 80g / 2.8 oz. (not that I really know what that means, but you might).  The total project was about 40 minutes....

 

It's funny, but when the yarn was rolled as it is when it's being sold, it sure didn't look like tarantula's legs...

 

The Next Day.... (today)

Well it's rainy out this morning and I have enough food for football snacks, so, I'm off to make my second scarf, of the black & white, so let's see if my new notes make a difference...

 

The beginning...

 

You criss-cross like this, so get a good handful of "rows"

 

Bunch them up together, and sew them up.. I used two hands to guide it through the feed, but needed one hand to take this picture....

 

So far so good...

 

The end... I was more conscious of "bunching" the strands up throughout the scarf this time, and with the 68 yds, I came out with a 43" scarf.  And BTW that second row of stitch to make it stronger--> don't sweat the fact that you will not find the exact middle seam that you made the first time around! the curly yarn will prevent that, where strands will lie on mis-strewn sides of one side or the other, but you will make a close path, and it will still be the strengthener.

 

 

All done!  It's so cozy!!!!!

 

This one took 30 Minutes....

 

Great to have a scarf made out of yarn even though I do not know how to knit!

 

Ciao!