When it comes to a long scarf, the question arises: how to tie it, if the knitting needle is short, all the loops do not fit on it. There remains the option of knitting a scarf in length, when we type on the knitting needles loops along the width of the product, but in this case our scarf stretches like a "gut", the pattern lies along the scarf, over time such a product turns into a kind of "pipe" or tube with stretched edges.
If you are satisfied with this version of the scarf, you can knit this way too, but sometimes you want to surprise everyone with an unusual pattern, and to recreate it in all its glory, you need a lot of loops, according to the principle "the more the better." To do this, you need to dial the loops across the product, as they say, horizontally. In this way, openwork, airy scarves are knitted, which are placed on the shoulders indoors or wrapped around the neck with a fluffy boulder. As a result, this product is aimed at captivating others on the spot with grace and beauty.
With thin threads, you can get out of the situation in this way: put on the ends of the clips from rubber bands, which you yourself will cut off from the stationery eraser. To do this, you need to divide the eraser into thin strips 2-3 mm wide, then put it on the end of the knitting needle so that the elastic does not slip under pressure, it is better to make it thicker, then it holds on to the knitting needle more firmly. So you can realize a product from 2000-2500 loops with medium thickness thread, mohair, wool, acrylic. The length of the product will come out about one and a half meters, this is 70-75 centimeters on one side, almost to the waist, the scarf will look short, but suitable for a jacket or jacket.
When you need to make the product even longer, circular knitting needles are used, on them you can dial up to 800 loops, the scarf comes out almost to the floor on one side. Such a product is worn in two or three turns. The principle of knitting is simple, we do not close the loops in a circle, but, having reached the end, we return along the seamy side back.
The disadvantage of knitting back and forth on circular knitting needles is that they are more difficult to fit on a knitting needle, since they are not provided for this type of knitting. To make it easier to push the loop onto the knitting needle from the fishing line, you should knit slightly weaker than calculated for this number of knitting needles. For example: you need for a thread 300 meters per 100 grams of a 3 mm thick knitting needle, you take 3, 5 and knit as loosely as on number 4. If you get used to it, you get an even canvas.
