The Two Colour Kerchief

The Two Colour Kerchief

This is my prototype kerchief plan for my first published pattern. The funny thing is this was an accidental make. I was bored one evening in November and was desperately looking for a project to begin. None of my WIPs would do, even though I have more than a dozen. Hashtag no shame. 

What Happened

As I dug through my many tubs of yarn I found two colours of yarn I had forgotten about from many years ago. A teal and mustard. A combo that I had long since wished to use for a Brioche knit pattern. Well, finding these two yarns meant I went for another adventure of finding the original brioche pattern that I had picked up from The Wool Emporium in Saskatoon. Which sadly is to be closing this year for good.

The owner’s pattern is for a wavy scarf. I frogged it several times, back and forth. Finally I deemed myself worthy to knit Brioche and make a pattern as I went….

Weaving the Pattern Together

I knit this way and that way. It was coming together oddly shaped, so I would frog it back and restart and go again, and again, and again. At this point I did not know how to pull out just one row of brioche neatly. I would end up having to begin all over every time. 

The pattern did begin to finally come together wonderfully but… well to be frank, something was… wrong. The pattern is knit all on one side and purl all on the other….

How? What? Why?… Shoot… 

So here I am with a right side and a wrong side. This is supposed to be Brioche. Brioche is reversible not wrong side and right side… What have I done? I guess I have learned how to knit two colours in an odd fair isle style which is similar to Brioche. Yay me!? 

Now I flipped back to the original pattern instructions from The Wool Emporium to see what keywords I was missing… Subtle keywords were missing from my created text and transformed into subtle keywords that made my stitches K1 Col A, K1 Col B. 

Positivity

There were ways I could have acted. I could have thrown in the towel! No, I did not though. I thought to myself, “run with it”. Now the prototypes about 6 in total but only 4 kept, I created a master pattern. The pattern, I wrote a basic knit language for the website I have it for sale on as a PDF, because they do not have Brioche language yet. Also, I made several education videos for the knitting techniques used (links down below). 

I am proud that an accident lead to something beautiful, fun and a whole learning curve for myself to produce something I didn’t think of. The end product of the pattern which is for sale on Ribblr, So happy to say led to 7 great Christmas gifts and a matching one for myself.

Happy New Year

Nora 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pattern

2 Knit Kerchief

Intermediate Pattern

Time: 6HRS

 

Tools

Size 6mm circular needles

Size 6mm crochet hook

2 worsted weight yarn skeins

Darning needle

Buttons

 

Abbreviations

K (YF Tog) = Knit YF from previous row (2 STs making an x on needle being K Tog)

P (YO Tog) = Purl YO from previous row (2 STs making an x on needle being P Tog)

Inc= Knit into ST pull yarn through, YO, K into ST once more and pull through (2 St Inc)

YO SL1= Yarn Over (Purl Rows)

YF SL1= Yarn Forward (Knit Rows)

SL ST= Slip Stitch

Dec LH= Knit 3 ST Tog

Dec RH= Slip 3 ST Purl wise, Knit 3 ST Tog

YO and YF STs are considered one ST when counting throughout pattern.

 

Special Notes

YO or YF always on a single ST of opposing colour

K (YF Tog) or P (YO Tog) Always a ST with Both Col A and B

If during pattern there are 2 of the same ST are together and there wasn’t an increase or decrease look back and find error.       

 

 

Row 1- Col A Cast on 3 ST. Leave Col A yarn loose on right side.

Row 2 Set up- Col B- Joining Col B, K1, YFSL1, K1 (3ST), Slide Right [Col B, Col B over top Col A (Cross Stitch), Col B).

Row 3- Col A SLST, INC (Knit wise), SLST (5 ST, 3 Col A, 2 Col B), Turn.

Row 4- Col B P1, SL1YO, *P1*, SL1YO, P1, Slide Right. *The P1 or K1 during an increase is not written throughout the pattern. It is a foundation to create the middle colour of the increase. Throughout pattern it is considered as a P2TOG or K2TOG*.

Row 5- Col A SLST, P2TOG, SL1YO, P2TOG, SLST, Turn.

 

Row 6- Col B K1, YFSL1, K2TOG, YFSL1, K1, Slide Right.

Row 7- Col A SLST, K2TOG, YFSL1, K2TOG, SLST, Turn.

Row 8- Col B P1, SL1YO, P2TOG, SL1YO, P1, Slide Right.

Row 9- Col A SLST, INC, SL1YO, INC, SLST, Turn. (9ST)

Row 10- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

 

Row 11- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1*, SLST, Turn.

Row 12- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

Row 13- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, SLST, Turn.

Row 14- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG*, K1, Slide Right.

Row 15- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1*, SLST, Turn.

 

Row 16- Col B P1, SL1YO, P2TOG, SL1YO, INC, SL1YO, P2TOG, SL1YO, P1, Slide Right. (11ST)

Row 17- Col A SLST, INC, *SL1YO, P2TOG* 7ST, INC, SLST, Turn. (15ST)

Row 18- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

Row 19- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1*, SLST, Turn.

Row 20- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

 

Row 21- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, SLST, Turn.

Row 22- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

Row 23- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1*, SLST, Turn.

Row 24- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

Row 25- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, SLST, Turn.

 

Row 26- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

Row 27- Col A SLST, INC, * YFSL1, K2TOG * 5ST, INC, * YFSL1, K2TOG * 5ST, INC, SLST (21ST), Turn.

Row 28- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

Row 29- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, SLST, Turn.

Row 30- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG*, K1, Slide Right.

 

Row 31- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1* 6 ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 6ST, SLST (25ST), Turn.

Row 32- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, before sliding right. Turn and cast on 4ST with Col B (C4ST) (29ST) Turn back and Slide Right.

Row 33- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, including new STs, SLST, Turn.

Row 34- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG*, K1, Slide Right.

Row 35- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1* 4ST, DEC2RH, YFSL1, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 13ST, INC, YFSL1, DEC2LH, SLST, Turn. (29ST)

 

Row 36- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

Row 37- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, SLST Turn.

Row 38- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

Row 39- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1* 14ST, DEC2RH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 10ST, SLST, Turn. (27ST)

Row 40- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG *, P1, Slide Right.

 

Row 41- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO* 22ST, INC, SL1YO, P2TOG, SLST, Turn. (29ST)

Row 42- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

Row 43- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1* 12ST, DEC2RH, YFSL1, INC, YFSL1, DEC2LH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 6ST, SLST, Turn. (27ST)

Row 44- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG *, P1, Slide Right.

Row 45- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, SLST, Turn.

 

Row 46- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

Row 47- Col A SLST, K2TOG, YFSL1, DEC2RH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 20ST, SLST, Turn. (25ST)

Row 48- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Turn, C18ST, Slide Right. (43ST) (C12ST FOR LRG 41ST)

Row 49- Col A SLST, INC, SL1YO, DEC2LH, *P2TOG, SL1YO* 9ST, DEC2RH, SL1YO, INC, * SL1YO, P2TOG* 22ST, SLST, Turn. (43ST) (41LRG)

Row 50- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

 

Row 51- Col A SLST, K2TOG, YFSL1, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, INC, YFSL1, K2TOG, YFSL1, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 9ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 6ST, SLST, Turn. (55ST)

Row 51- Col A (LRG) SLST, K2TOG, YFSL1, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, INC, YFSL1, K2TOG, YFSL1, INC, * YFSL1, K2TOG* (5ST), DEC2RH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 7ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 6ST, SLST, Turn. (51ST)

Row 52- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

Row 53- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, SLST, Turn.

Row 54- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG*, K1, Slide Right.

Row 55- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1* 40ST (LRG36ST), DEC2LH, *K2TOG, YFSL1* 10ST, SLST, Turn. (53ST) (LRG49ST)

 

Row 56- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

Row 57- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, SLST, Turn.

Row 58- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

Row 59- Col A SLST, K2TOG, YFSL1, DEC2LH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, DEC2LH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, DEC2LH, YFSL1, K2TOG, YFSL1, DEC2LH, YFSL1, K2TOG, YFSL1, DEC2RH, YFSL1, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 11ST, INC, YFSL1, DEC2LH, SLST, Turn. (45ST)  

Row 59- Col A (LRG), K1 *YFSL1, K2TOG*, K1, Slide Right.

Row 60- Col B P1 *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

Row 60- Col B LRG, Bind Off, DO NOT CUT.

 

Row 61- Col A SLST *P2TOG, SL1YO* 22ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 20ST, SLST, Turn. (47ST)

Row 61- Col B SC around whole project following around smallest edging first. DO NOT CUT.

Row 62- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

Row 62- Col A on small edge CH 2 and DC 5ST.

Row 63- Col A SLST, K2TOG, YFSL1, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 15ST, INC, YFSL1, DEC5LH, YFSL1, INC, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 6ST, SLST. TURN (53ST)

 

Row 63- Col B Trim around the 5ST in SC.

Row 64- Col B P1 *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

Row 65- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO* 10ST, INC, *SL1YO, P2TOG* 40ST, SLST, Turn. (55ST)

 

Row 66- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

Row 67- Col A SLST, *K2TOG, YFSL1* 24ST, INC, YFSL1, DEC2RH, YFSL1, INC, YFSL1, DEC2RH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 13ST, DEC2LH, YFSL1, INC, SLST, Turn. (55ST)   

Row 68- Col B P1, *SL1YO, P2TOG*, P1, Slide Right.

Row 69- Col A SLST, *P2TOG, SL1YO*, SLST, Turn.

Row 70- Col B K1, *YFSL1, K2TOG *, K1, Slide Right.

 

*Row 71- Col A, SLST, K2TOG, YFSL1, DEC2RH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, DEC2RH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 5ST, DEC2RH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 15ST, DEC2RH, YFSL1, K2TOG*, 5ST, DEC2LH, *YFSL1, K2TOG* 6ST, SLST. Turn (45ST)

Row 72- Col B Bind Off Purl Wise.

Row 73- Col B SC across top (RS) and around whole of project. Do not cut.

Row 74- Col A CH3 on the edge of C18ST beginning at the base. Triple Crochet up to top of project. Using Col B SC around Triple Crochets. Finish.

Add buttons on lefthand side of project to align with Triple Crochets.

* Optional add more motifs, or sew in a liner.