pattern for swirl scarf

[sugarydaisies]

Hi everybody! 

I'm new to this forum and the first thing that I will do is - exactly, bug you guys with questions.  I've been lurking for a while and I saw people give really good answers so I've decided to give it a try now.

I saw this scarf on the internet http://www.knit-purl.com/Products/Product.php?Product_ID=161&PHPSESSID=63a7872eeb1690cd38f7e9485d7a22c3
 it's soooo cute and I'd looove to knit it. So, what's preventing me from doing it? Honestly, the prize... It's $6 which is more than you pay for a lot of other patterns of similar size and as I live in Europe I would have to add another $12.50. I think that's way too much money for a pattern, especially if you're jobless, so I'm trying to find a similar pattern or someone you might be able to figure out how to knit this scarf.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

[MoonLightbliss33]

This is sorta like the pattern you found
tell me what you think
http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/60042.html

[sugarydaisies]

This is sorta like the pattern you found
tell me what you think
http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/60042.html

Hi Moonlightbliss, thanks for the quick answer! That's an interesting pattern, but not quite what I was looking for. I think swirl scarf is one long ruffle?

[MoonLightbliss33]

ooh hmm  could that be achieved by working a large number of stitches so you are working longwaise and do a dramatic decrease?  do you know what i mean?

[trisarahtop]

It sort of reminds me of the corkscrew scarf in Loop D Loop, but I know it's constructed differently. It looks like there's a center fold, so I wonder if you start with a lot of stitches, decrease dramatically, then increase to the original number again, equally dramatically. I'm not sure though.

[sugarydaisies]

ooh hmm  could that be achieved by working a large number of stitches so you are working longwaise and do a dramatic decrease?  do you know what i mean?

It sort of reminds me of the corkscrew scarf in Loop D Loop, but I know it's constructed differently. It looks like there's a center fold, so I wonder if you start with a lot of stitches, decrease dramatically, then increase to the original number again, equally dramatically. I'm not sure though.

Hmm, I think you both could be right. I think I will try this with the decrease and then increase. Thanks, girls.

P.S. I really wish the online suppliers would create pdf files and just send them via email. The shipping fees are so insane... 

[Atomic Alice]

hi there!  Here's this ruffled scarf free pattern from knit picks, its a lot narrower than the one you are looking at, but it does give an idea how to make the ruffles.  The pattern you like is done with kidsilk haze, maybe a smaller needle than the one the knit picks pattern calls for and some more stitches to give it that look?

http://www.knitpicks.com/projects/projects_display_yarn.aspx?itemid=50355220

[lawral]

this looks a lot like the ribbon scarves in handknit holidays by melanie falick. maybe you could look for it at the library?

[Kerry Berry]

There's also a very similar scarf in Teva Durham's Loop-d-Loop, if you can find that at your local library.

ETA: d'oh!  Maybe I should read all of the posts before adding my two cents...

[rhiandmoi]

http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/scarves/fizz-stardust-corkscrew-scarf.html
Here is one that is knit long-ways, I can't tell which direction the original was knit in.