How to do knit a v-pattern when knitting a scarf?

Question

I want to knit a scarf that has a v pattern such as in this video I found but I can only seem to knit this
I am not sure if the first video teaches me how to knit the v pattern but it's not working.
Thank for the help!
VVVVV
VVVVV
VVVVV
VVVVV <-- that's kind of the pattern I want

Answer 1

What you will have to do is figure out how many of your "V's" you want across your scarf, do you want a space between them and how many regular stitches you will have at each end. Once you have figured that out, you are ready to. I am going to make you a diagram of several "V's" to show you how to do it. There will be v for your knit stitches and a * for your purl. There will be a 7stitch wide V and a space between but you don't have to do the space if you don't want to.

v*******v*v*******v*v*******v*v*******v*

*v*****v***v*****v***v*****v***v*****v**

**v***v*****v***v*****v***v*****v***v***

***v*v*******v*v*******v*v*******v*v****

****v*********v*********v*********v*****

This is the example and you can make the V as wide as you want

Answer 2

Have you thought of knitting angle scarf? It is knitted in garter stitch but looks like it has been knitted diagonally. All you have to do is cast on the desired amount of stitches and knit the first row. For the second row you increase in the first stitch, knit till you have 2 stitches left and knit them together. These 2 rows make the whole pattern, it looks very cool and funky.

Answer 3

first i thought you are looking for a ripple pattern but i checked your second url which led me to a video.

it is stockinette stitch. most of the answerer are right.

stockinette simply means knitting a row purling a row.

row 1 : knit

row 2: purl

row 3 knit

row 4 :purl

you only knew garter stitch, which is all knit.

if you only know knit stitch, first you need to go ahead and learn the purl stitch as well. which is basically the opposite of knit stitch.

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/learn-to-knit

purl stitch - pick the method you knit with http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/purl-stitch

learning both knitting and purl stitch is your first step. These two are the basic, and everything else will be based on the combination of these two.



Good Luck!

Answer 4

Uh-oh! If you want the knitting that makes little Vs (I couldn't see anything on either of your links) you probably mean stockinette (a.k.a. stocking) stitch, which is abbreviated st st. It is made by knitting one row and purling the next.



The reason you cant find a scarf pattern that uses st st is that it is AWFUL for scarves. When done properly, st st curls on the edges if it's left flat. That's why it's usually used for things that will be sewn together. You'd either need to do it on small needles with a finer yarn and then sew it together into a tube or you'd need to do k1p1 ribbing. That looks almost like st st when it's done well and not stretched. Making a scarf in plain st st will be nothing but a huge waste of time and major disappointment.

Answer 5

Garter stitch is what you get when you knit every row.

When you knit one row and then purl the next row, you get stockinette stitch

http://knitting.about.com/od/stitchglossary/g/stockinettest.htm

HOWEVER, when you try to knit a scarf in stockinette stitch, the edges have a tendency to curl in. What most folks tend to do is knit a border in garter stitch: knit the first few rows, and then instead of purling all the way across on the purl rows, you knit the first five (or however wide you want the border to be) stitches, purl across until there are 5 stitches remaining, and then knit those last 5.

Seed stitch (K 1 stitch, P 1 stitch) is also a good border but explaining the difference so you get the seed pattern instead of K1P1 ribbing is kind of tricky.

http://knitting.about.com/od/stitchglossary/g/seedstitch.htm

Answer 6

If you want it to look like what is in the first video, then you will need to knit the first row and pearl the next. Keep repeating these two rows and you will be doing stockinette stitch.



Your second link does not work. But I bet you are ending up with a garter stitch. Knit every row.

Answer 7

The first link took me to UK tv series such as Hollyoaks. The second is just a questions forum.



I think Joseph has it right. You need stocking stitch.

Answer 8

odd rows: knit all stitches

even rows: purl all stitches



it will look like this on odd rows side: VVVVV

and like this on even rows side: ~~~~

Answer 9

I think this is what you are looking for: http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/shimmer_chev_scarf.html

The pattern is called Chevron.

Answer 10

complicated thing. seek in yahoo. that will could help!