How to knit
A Baby Scarf
How to Knit the Baby Pom Scarf
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hello i'm davina of sheepandstitch.com
and today we're going to knit the baby
palm scarf yeah now this is one of my
favorite scarves because it's really
easy to do it's really cushy it's a cute
little pom-pom on both ends of it it's
just adorable for kids and adults alike
in fact I got a lot of adults asking can
I make this for myself even though I
know there's a kid on the cover of the
pattern can I it is it okay for adults
yes yes it is absolutely okay and
recommended for adults as well you might
just want to knit it a little bit longer
than what the pattern recommends anyway
I'm getting ahead of myself let's talk
about this pattern okay in order to knit
up this pattern you will need to know
how to knit and how to purl now if you
don't know how to do that that's okay
you can head over to the how to knit
page and I've got a link for that below
and watch the videos for the knit and
purl once you feel like you've mastered
the knit and purl then come back here
and we can knit this scarf together
alright so let's get into materials okay
so what are you looking at you are
looking at the kit for the baby pom
scarf if you don't have the kit if you
didn't purchase the kit that's totally
fine you can get your own bulky weight
yarn and your own materials but if you
did get the kit then you've got
everything you need either way let's go
through the materials together now in
order to knit the baby pom scarf you
will need a pair of 10 millimeter
knitting needles now the needles I've
got here are bamboo knitting needles and
they're great for beginners because
they're a little bit grippier than
plastic needles so they kind of hold on
to your yarn better they're not a
slippery alright so the next thing that
you will need is some yummy bulky weight
yarn now the yarn that I've got here is
from a finished company called jocked
and jok literally means fat and finish
because the yarns that they produce are
very fat as you can see really yummy
delicious extra fine merino fat yarn
yummy yummy yummy okay so you will need
about 112 yards or 102 meters of some
bulky weight yarn yum yum
alright so the next thing that you're
need is a tapestry needle now a tapestry
needle basically looks like a huge
sewing needle it's like a sewing needle
for Giants it's a big eye that we can
use to thread up our bulky weight yarn
and we'll need this when we are weaving
in the loose ends of our scarf and also
when we're attaching our pom pom alright
so the next thing that we're going to
need is a pom pom tracer now this comes
with the kit if you don't have the kit
that's cool you can make your own pom
pom tracer with some scrap cardboard and
a pair of scissors alright so the next
thing that you're going to need is a
pair of scissors and the sharper they
are the better we're going to use these
to make our pom pom so a pair of jell
scissors just will not do so the sharper
the better alright so the next thing
that you will need is a tape measure and
we'll use this to measure our scarf so
you can figure out whether it's time to
cast off or not now if you've got all
these things handy then we are ready to
make the baby pom scarf alright so I've
got my knitting needles right here and
the first thing we're going to do is
we're going to cast on which means we're
going to get our yarn on to our needles
alright so we're going to use the
longtail cast on for this our pattern
says that we need to leave about a 10
inch long tail on our cast on edge and
the reason for that is we're going to
use that extra tail to pull in our scarf
so that it bunches in at the end to a
nice blunt point okay so we're going to
take our measuring tape and we're going
to measure out 10 inches so here's the
end of my yarn and I'm going to measure
it out just loosely so we don't have to
be that exact about 10 inches so here we
go okay so let's get our measuring tape
out of the way and at this point I'm
going to wrap this yarn around my needle
so let's get this out of the way here so
what I'm going to do is I'm going to
place it at the ten inch point and then
I'm going to start wrapping 13 times I'm
going to wrap 13 times because we need
to cast on 13 stitches so here we go
here's my first rap one two three four
five six seven eight nine ten eleven
twelve thirteen okay so this is the
place where I make my Slipknot to cast
on all right so let's unravel this yarn
right here and I'm going to make my
slipknot to cast on right here let me
get myself organized first here we go
all right so here's a tail end of my
yarn and I'm going to make a slipknot
so I'm going to make a little loop like
this okay and then I'm going to take the
tail end of my yarn and bring it to the
back of my loop so that it intersects my
loop and then I'm going to pick that
strand of yarn right through here we go
so here is my Slipknot alright so I'm
going to take my needle and go through
my Slipknot like that and then I'm going
to tighten it up tighten up these two
strands of yarn alright so at this point
I've got one strand of yarn which is my
tail my long tail and this strand of
yarn which is attached to my ball so you
can see that one yarn strand is in the
front and one yarn strand is in the back
so when we're doing the long tail cast
on we want our long tail to be in the
front so right now it's in the back so
we got to move this over so I'm going to
take my first stitch right here I'm
going to take it off and turn it around
and put it right back onto my needle so
now you can see that my long tail is on
the front and the Strand that's attached
to my ball of yarn is in the back and
that's exactly how I want it okay so now
I'm going to tighten this guy up these
two strands and I'm going to cast on
thirteen stitches with the long tail
cast on now when we do the long tail
cast on we're going to take our left
hand and these two fingers and we're
going to clamp down on these two yarn
strands then I'm going to take my thumb
and my forefinger and I'm going to push
into these two strands of yarn
so let's try that again I'm going to use
my left hand these two fingers and I'm
going to clamp down on these two yarn
strands then I'm going to take my thumb
my forefinger and I'm going to push into
these two yarn strands just like this
and I'm going to take my finger on my
right hand and just put it down on this
stitch so it doesn't kind of fly around
like this just to keep it secure alright
so let's try it again left hand two
fingers clamp down on these two yarn
strands thumb and forefinger pushes into
these two strands now once you've done
that you can try to move your hand back
and forth like this making a little bit
of a diamond shape okay so once you're
comfortable with this using your two
fingers clamping down thumb and
forefinger pushing into these yarn
strands and moving your hand back and
forth then we're ready to start putting
some stitches on this needle alright so
again we would use our left hand these
two fingers clamp down on these two
strands thumb and forefinger pushes into
these two yarn strands then you want to
move your hand to the front so that you
can see all of your fingers okay so like
this not like this like this then you
want to take your needle and touch it to
your thumb and then go through the loop
on your thumb move your hand and then
bring your needle through the loop on
your forefinger and then bring your
needle through the loop on your thumb
pull down cool so here is your second
stitch that you've cast on with the long
tail cast on pretty cool right
alright so let's keep going left hand
two fingers clamp down push open the two
yarn strands turn your hand to the front
so that you can see all of your fingers
then you're going to take your needle
touch it to your thumb go through the
loop on your thumb turn your hand go
through the loop on your forefinger and
then bring it through the loop on your
thumb pull down and there's your third
stitch on your needle so you would keep
doing this until you have thirteen
stitches on your needle so we're going
to take our two fingers clamp them down
on our two yarns
and thumb forefinger pushes through move
your hand so that you can see all of
your fingers bring your needle down
touch it to your thumb push it through
the loop on your thumb turn your hand
again bring it through the loop on your
forefinger and then back home through
the loop on your thumb and then pull
down all right so repeat this until you
have 13 stitches on your needle and
you'll see that the more comfortable
that you get with this the faster you
can go all right you can actually go
really really fast but for now you just
want to practice this cast on so that
you feel comfortable doing it okay
and once you've cast on 13 stitches you
can meet me back here and we will start
Row one of our pattern together all
right so once we have 13 stitches cast
on to our needle then we're ready to
work Row 1 so Row 1 we're going to slip
1 purlwise now what this means is we're
going to take our right hand needle and
we're going to go into the first stitch
on our left hand needle as if we were
going to purl so from the top to the
bottom but instead of actually purling
we're just going to slip that stitch
right off okay so normally when you purl
you would go from the top to the bottom
then you would bring your yarn around
right but we're not actually going to do
a purl stitch we're just going to bring
our needle in to our stitch as if we
were going to purl and then we're going
to slip it right off just like that
alright so next we're going to work a
knit one purl one all the way to the end
so if I'm going to work a knit one I
need to bring my yarn to the back of my
needle and then I'm going to do mine it
one so here we go just a regular old
knit one knit one and then we're going
to purl one so we'll bring our yarn up
front and we're going to purl that next
stitch alright and then we're going to
repeat that we'll repeat the
instructions between the asterisks in
our pattern so we'll go right back to
the beginning which is a knit one there
we go
and a purl one and that's all we're
going to do that's what we're going to
do until we reach the end of our row and
that is all there is to Row 1 pretty
easy right essentially just a knit one
and a purl one except you've got to
remember to slip the first stitch of
your row and the reason why we do that
is that when we slip the first stitch of
our row we get a really nice clean edge
across our scarf and that just makes
everything look neater that's why we
slip the first stitch of our pattern
alright so we are almost near the end of
our first row pretty quick right that
was that just sped by all right so here
we go we're going to do a knit one and
then we're going to end with a purl one
there we go and here cool so there we
have just completed Row one of the baby
pom scarf pattern cool so now let's move
on to row two alright so now we are
ready to work Row two now on row two
we're going to slip one knit wise now
that means we're going to go into the
first stitch on our needle as if we were
going to knit so we're going to go from
the bottom to the top we normally do a
knit stitch you go in from the bottom to
the top you wrap your yarn around right
but we're not actually going to knit
this first stitch we're going to slip it
off so that we get that nice Salvage
edge so we're going to go from the
bottom to the top and just slip that
stitch off our needle we're not going to
knit it at all alright then we're going
to do a purl one and a knit one so we're
going to take our yarn bring it to the
front of our needle because we're going
to purl right and then we're going to
purl into that first stitch okay there
we go and then we're going to knit into
the next stitch and then we would repeat
the instructions between our two
asterisks so we're going to go right
back to a purl one and then a knit one
we're going to do this across all of row
to just a purl one knit one purl one
knit one until we reach the end and
that's all there is to Row 2 is not
incredible
pretty easy right and once we've
completed Row 2 then that is pretty much
the end of our patterns after we finish
Row 2 we would go right back to Row 1 so
you're basically working rows 1 and rows
2 back and forth so once you finish Row
1 you go back to Row 2
once you finish Row 2 you go back to Row
1 so you're just repeating these two
rows alright so here we go this is the
end of Row 2 so then we would just turn
our needle around we would bring it over
to our left hand and work Row 1 and Row
1 is slip 1 purlwise knit 1 purl 1 now I
wanted to mention a little trick for you
so that you don't have to look at your
pattern constantly to remember what row
am I on is it Row 1 or Row 2 you can
actually read your knitting so what I
mean by that is you can look at the
stitches that are currently on your
needle so right now you can see you got
a purl stitch here right and you can
tell by this little bump all these
little bumps this one this one this one
this one this one this one these are all
purl stitches a purl stitch will give
you a little bump and a knit stitch will
give you a little V so let's look at
this guy here right you can see that
this is a little v-shape okay and this
is also a little v-shape although it's
kind of buried in there here's a little
v-shape right and this little guy here
is also a V shape so these are all knit
stitches a knit knit knit knit knit knit
these are all knit stitches these little
bumps bump bump bump bump bump bump
these are all purl stitches so with this
pattern
you're basically knitting the knit
stitches and purling the purl stitches
so if I see a purl stitch here I know
I'm going to purl that guy I'm going to
purl this this this this this if I see a
knit stitch I know I'm going to knit
that okay so let's do this together
alright so I see a purl stitch on my
first stitch on my needle and I know
that the first stitch of my needle I
need to slip that stitch
so because this is a purl stitch I know
I'm going to slip it purl wise which
means I'm going to go from the top to
the bottom okay and then I'm going to
slip that right off I'm slipping it off
like this because it's a purl stitch so
I'm slipping it off purl wise all right
so my next stitch you can see right here
on my left hand needle this is a knit
stitch you can tell by the little V
right so we're going to knit this stitch
so let's bring our yarn to the back of
our needle and then we're going to knit
this stitch alright just going to knit
this guide and the next stitch on our
needle is a purl stitch you can tell by
this little bump right there's no V
there's a bump so if there's a bump that
means we're going to purl it so we're
going to bring our yarn to the front and
we're going to purl this guy just like
that okay alright so our next stitch is
a knit stitch so we're going to knit
that and you would just continue in this
manner knitting your knit stitches and
purling into your purl stitches your
knitting will tell you what to do once
you get the hang of it you won't even
really need the pattern alright so
continue in this manner until your scarf
reaches 56 inches that is the finished
measurement of scarf or if you want a
shorter scarf you can cast off earlier
if you want a longer scarf you can
continue knitting until your scarf
reaches the length that you like so when
your scarf measures 56 inches or your
desired length then we're ready to cast
off
now I haven't knit 56 inches I've knit
12 inches of my scarf but for the sake
of this tutorial let's just pretend I've
knit 56 inches and that my scarf is
really super long and we're ready to
cast off okay alright so let's start
casting off we're not going to slip the
first stitch of our row we're actually
just going to knit it we're going to
break our pattern okay so we're going to
knit the first stitch
like this and then we're going to knit
the second stitch all right now we're
going to take our left needle and go
underneath this first stitch that we
knit and we're going to bring it over
our second stitch just like that there
we go so we've just cast off one stitch
now we're going to continue across this
row we're going to knit the next stitch
and then we're going to take our left
needle go underneath the first stitch
and then bring that over the second
stitch there we go alright and we're
going to continue across this row
casting off in this way until we get one
stitch left on our needle so now I've
got one stitch left on my needle and I'm
going to knit that and bring that stitch
over it great so now we really just have
one stitch left on our needle and at
this point I'm going to take out my
scissors and I'm going to leave a really
long tail about a ten inch tail just
like the tail we left when we first cast
on so I'm going to go maybe like this is
pretty good and we will just snip it
right off alright so what we're going to
do is we will take this yarn that we
just cut off and we'll wrap it over our
needle like this okay and then I'm going
to take my stitch on my needle and just
bring it over that yarn end and then
just pull it through so I basically just
made a knot so now my cast off edge is
secure pretty cool right and my scarf is
off the needle tiny as it is it's off
the needle whoo
so now that we've cast off we are going
to squish in our cast on and our cast
off edge so you can see here that our
edge is very square and rectangular and
I want my edge to be kind of squished in
to be kind of ruched so that it reaches
kind of a blunt point and when we attach
our pom-pom it'll look like it's kind of
sprouting out of this little blunt end
right so what we're going to do is we
are going to take our tapestry needle
out and we're going to take this long
tail end and we're going to thread it up
with our tapestry needle so here we go
I'm going to try and push this in here
alright this big eye perfect and what
I'm going to do is I'm just going to
weave in my needle into these cast on
stitches so I'm going to go just do a
really simple kind of in and out so I'm
going to go in here and I'm going to
leave almost a whole one inch space and
I'm going to go in there and then
another kind of big one-inch space and
then go in like this and I'm not pulling
tightly I'm just going to leave leave it
kind of loose sort of loosely sitting on
the edge of my fabric okay we're going
to pull it tight at the very end for now
we'll just leave it loose on our cast on
edge and here we go let's do one more at
the very end great so you can see I've
got some very loose stitches on the end
of my scarf and I'm just going to pull
it tightly now we're going to pull it
tight alright so you can see when we
pull it tight the cast on edge is all
ruched in right it's all pulled tightly
in a little blunt end and that's exactly
what I want so at this point you can
kind of play around with it a little bit
so that it lays flat play around with
how tight you want it to be pulled I
kind of like this both ends look really
nice and look kind of organic it's
nothing sort of puffing out this looks
good to me so when the end of your scarf
looks good to you
then you can secure the end of your yarn
so I'm just pinching it like this to
keep it ruched in at the level that I
like and then I'm just going to push my
needle through one of the stitches here
and then I'm going to make a knot here
we go I'm going to make a knot with this
tail end of my yarn just to secure it
all right there we go
perfect so now I have secured this
ruched in end of my cast on and it looks
pretty cute see very nice so if we
compare this end with our other end you
can see there's quite a big difference
right this is very angular and big and
this is kind of elegantly moving inwards
and ruched up so I like that okay so now
what we're going to do is we're going to
weave in this long tail end into our
stitches and it doesn't have to be that
neat because our pom-pom will hide all
of this you know all of the ends here so
I'm just going to bring my needle in a
couple times into some of these stitches
here into the cast on edge and we just
want to secure this end so that it's not
flopping around so here we go I've gone
in maybe about three times and then the
process I'm also tightening up that end
a little bit here we go and now let's
just go in one more time
we really just want to secure this guy
okay perfect alright so I think this
looks pretty good and I'm going to get
my scissors out and I'm going to cut it
right off here we go
perfect so now my end looks nice and
blunt I like that very much
and now you would just repeat this exact
same process on the other end of your
scarf using the long tail that you left
and then we are going to make our
pom-pom together
all right so now it's time to make the
pom-pom now if you purchase the kit then
you will get this pom-pom tracer and
what you're going to do is you're going
to cut along the dotted lines all right
so that means the outside circle the
inside circle and this little slit here
okay and you're going to cut out both of
these guys now if you didn't get the kit
or you don't have this for whatever
reason you can just use some scrap
cardboard and maybe a cup or something
round and trace out a circle on your
cardboard cut out a little circle that's
maybe about an inch an inch in
circumference and then cut a slit into
that so basically a little donut okay so
you can do this - now this pom-pom
measures 2.5 inches from this end to
this end so you can make your pom-pom
tracer that same circumference and if
you want a larger pom-pom you can make a
larger pom-pom tracer you can make it
three inches if you want a really huge
explosive vibrant pom-pom these guys are
2.5 inches in circumference all right so
when you cut out your pom-pom tracers
they're going to look something like
this okay so I've got two of them here
and they've got a little slit in them
and we're going to use these to make our
pom-pom alright so we're going to layer
these two on top of each other and we're
going to make the slit correspond so
that they both are in the same area okay
then we're going to take out our yarn
and all we're going to do you won't
believe how easy this is if you've never
made a pom-pom but what we're going to
do is we're going to wrap our yarn
around this donut many many times until
we've covered up this whole pom-pom
tracer so here we go I'm going to start
wrapping my yarn around and you can do a
couple layers so I'm going to wrap it
around a couple times here and I'm just
going to start moving across my whole
pom-pom tracer just covering it up
covering it up in yarn okay so the more
time you wrap around your pom-pom tracer
the fluffier your pom
is going to be and the size of your
pom-pom is going to be roughly the size
of this pom-pom tracer so again if you
want a larger pump on then you might
want to make your own tracer that's
larger in size all right so you want to
cover up the entire pump on tracer with
yarn so I'm almost at the end of my
tracer you can see that there's just a
tiny little bit left and what you can do
is you don't have to go right up to the
edge what you can do is you can just
wrap your yarn around a couple more
times kind of compensate for not getting
to the end of your tracer because you
don't want your yarn to spill off right
so what I'm going to do is I'm just
going to wrap this around a couple more
times here we go just a couple more
times when we reach the end and that
looks pretty good to me okay
so once your pom-pom tracer is filled up
with yarn then we're ready to get out
our scissors now you want your pom-pom
tracer to be kind of evenly filled with
yarn so you don't want this end to be
really thin and this end to be really
thick because your pom-pom will reflect
that one side of your pom-pom will be
really fluffy and the other side will be
kind of sparse do you want your yarn to
be pretty evenly distributed if it's not
you can push your yarn over you know you
can kind of redistribute your yarn if
your pom-pom is not that even or if you
just want to add more yarn onto it you
can push it down a little bit and
continue to add yarn onto your pom pom
tracer so you can do that right now and
this looks pretty good to me so this
point I'm going to get out my scissors
and again the sharper they are the
better and what I'm going to do is I'm
just going to cut off my yarn great so
now what I'm going to do is I'm going to
cut out a length of yarn that's maybe
about 10 inches okay so about 10 inches
and then I'm going to lay this aside
we're going to use that in just a second
and now I'm going to get my scissors out
and what I'm going to do is I'm in a go
tween these two pom-pom tracers so I had
two of them and I'm just going to slip
my scissor in between them and I'm going
to start cutting okay so it's important
to have a pair of sharp scissors for
this because you have dull ones they're
just not going to cut very well and it's
just going to be a bit of a mess so try
and get really really sharp scissors for
this and we're just going to cut you can
do this slowly so that your yarn doesn't
spill off and let's try and get in
between these two tracers here we go
and we're just going to cut and it's
okay if the cut is a little bit messy
because you can always kind of trim your
pom-pom so that it looks even and pretty
later on so we need to get back in
between these two tracers here and can I
do it with one hand yes I can
okay here we go so just at the end and
this is our last cut great so now I'm
going to take out my lengths of yarn
that I cut out earlier and I'm going to
slip it between these two tracers so I'm
going to lay it kind of in between them
and we're going to use this to secure
our pom-pom so here we go I'm going to
get it between my two tracers when I
reach this cut area I'm just going to
continue to lay it over and once it's
secure once it's between my tracers
completely and they're meeting at the
same point then I can just pull it
tightly make sure that they're roughly
the same length on both ends and then
I'm going to make a knot to secure this
so this is really starting to look like
a pom-pom now right now you can really
see how a pom-pom is made so I'm just
going to make a knot here and I'm going
to pull down pull really tight and
secure my pom-pom and yes it does look a
little bit wonky but that's okay we're
going to trim up this guy so it looks
nice and round
alright so I made one knot and I'm going
to make another knot to make it really
secure so I'm going to make another knot
like this and I'm going to bring my yarn
through that not a second time to make
it really secure okay and then I'm going
to hold out perfect okay so now I feel
pretty confident that my pom-pom is
secure and now I can take off these
pom-pom tracers and get them off there
we go woohoo yay now our pom-pom is free
it's out in the wild watch out okay so
this is our pom-pom right now and it's
looking a little bit wonky so we're
going to trim this guy let's get our
scissors out again and we're just going
to cut you know kind of a round shape
you can kind of give your pom-pom a bit
of a haircut so it looks neat and this
is the fun part and it can definitely
get kind of addictive I have spent more
time than I care to admit cutting up a
pom-pom making sure it's nice and
perfectly round and if you're not
careful your pom-pom will get smaller
and smaller because you've been cutting
it so much but basically you just want
to get a round shape and you can kind of
fluff it up a little bit to get some of
the leftover yarn or cut yarn out spend
some time giving your pom-pom a nice
little haircut so that it's nice and
round in the shape that you want so once
your pom-pom is satisfactorily
satisfactorily round that's a hard word
to say once you're happy with the shape
of your pom-pom then meet me back here
and we are going to attach the pom-pom
onto our scarf and then we're going to
be done can you believe it yeah so go on
and give your pom-pom a bit of a haircut
alright so now I finish giving my
pom-pom a little haircut and I'm pretty
happy with the shape of it
so now let's attach it to our scarf okay
so here we're going to take out our
tapestry needle again and we're just
going to thread these two strands of
yarn attached to our pom-pom onto our
tapestry needle so here we go see if I
can't do two at a time
I can I think I can and I can yes okay
so now we've got our two strands of yarn
attached to our tapestry needle and
we're going to take out the edge of our
scarf and we're just going to thread it
through the middle of our scarf this is
pretty thick here we go and pull it
through woohoo there we go so now we
have just attached our pom-pom onto our
scarf whoa
pretty cool right alright so now we're
just going to continue to attach and
secure our pom-pom onto our scarf with
these two strands so you can kind of go
in a couple times just to make sure your
pom-pom is really secure here we go and
we're going to go in let's go into our
pom-pom again so I'm going into the
center of our pom-pom and maybe a little
bit tough to get in because you have so
many bits of yarn here we go so it's
come out on the other side so I'll pull
it through and there we are continue to
fluff up our pom-pom love this little
guy okay so I'm out on the other end of
our scarf and I'm just going to secure
it again onto the other end of our scarf
and go into a couple of these stitches
again as we did when we were securing
our cast on edge to make it taper in so
here I'll go in a couple more times into
some more stitches just to secure this
end of our scarf we don't really want
this to be visible so you can squeeze it
into some of the stitches as
imperceptibly as you can that would be
great okay here we go so maybe we'll do
one more stitch just to make sure our
pom-pom is secure there we go
now let's just do one more I'm a
stickler for these things I like to make
sure things are really secure okay so
that looks pretty good to me so now I'm
going to snip that off cool alright so
now our pom-pom feels pretty secure yeah
when I'm shaking it around
you know if you're going to mosh around
with this it's pretty secure it looks
pretty good alright so there you are you
would repeat the same process on the
other end of your scarf make a pompom
and secure it to your end and then
you're pretty much done can you believe
that that is how you knit the baby pom
scarf
thanks for knitting the baby pom scarf
now hopefully you have a cute little bee
pong scarf that you've made all by
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