Knit the Sandpiper Chevron Scarf | Easy Chevron Knit Scarf Pattern + Video Tutorial

Hi everyone, it's Deja from KnitAndCrochetEverAfter.com and today we are making this Sandpiper Knit Chevron Scarf. So this is a very simple two-row repeat. I'm doing dueling chevron scarves. I've got a crochet version that I've already released and now here's the knit version. I tried to make them as easy as possible so you can do whatever you want while you're making them. They work up super fast so download the You can follow the pattern in the description. We'll talk about the materials and get started. Okay, so for the materials, for what you're going to need for this scarf is of course yarn. We are using the Red Heart Unforgettable in Polo. I don't know why they call this Polo. I don't see Polo when I see this color. I don't know. I picture like horses and mallets and maybe there's a different Polo. It's a really pretty color though, very sunset-y kind of colors. But I used about 400 yards, so give or take, there's 270 in each skein so two will do ya. And check out my Instagram because I'm probably giving some away. The needles are 5mm, you can do straight or circular, you know, but working flat of course. I like circular because I can stick my work in the middle when I'm not working on it and not lose any stitches. It's totally up to you what you choose. If you don't use this yarn, pick some worsted weight, medium worsted weight number 4, Aran if you're outside of the US, and that will do just fine. I like self-striping for chevron patterns because you see the waves better, you know? It actually creates kind of this really pretty effect that you can see over here. It really brings out those waves of the chevrons when you have that self-striping, so if you're gonna substitute, get some self-striping. It'll really be great. So you're also going to need a yarn needle, and that's about it. I say blocking materials for both of these projects because they do... I think any yarn you choose, you're still going to need to block a little, especially your edges. If you want them looking crisp, you're going to have to block them, otherwise they'll just be... So we'll talk more about that in a little bit. Right now just grab your materials and the pattern and we'll get started. Okay so we're going to start off the pattern casting on the same amount of stitches as what's in the pattern which is 41. So I'm doing a long tail cast on and my biggest tip is make it really wide so when you're doing chevron patterns to keep the ends the pointy ends that you're going to have from rolling up On your foundation row, make the cast on super wide, so as loose as you normally do it, do it even looser. So I'm doing 41, I've gotten to 36, I've got 5 more, so I'm like doing it like a thumb width, like right kind of like I can feel this right tip and this right there, so you know like a good half inch, I'm giving myself space. So now I've got 41 using a circular needle, needle, can't talk, because I love them. They are super handy for even flat projects, because when I need to take a break, I can slide all my stitches to my cable and I don't lose any. So highly recommend investing in some needles. Check out my links below for the ones that I love. And let's get going on row one. Okay, so for row one of this very easy two row repeat, it's going to be a right side row and we're going to start our stitch pattern right off the bat. So the very first stitch we're doing is a knit two together. We're going to do that on every single end of right side rows so you'll get very comfortable with it. So we're going to We're going to insert our needle. From left to right. under two stitches and knit them off then we're going to create some chevrons so we're going to knit three normal knitting one two three then we're going to yarn over and we're going to knit one then we're going to do another yarn over and knit another three now we're going to kind of create the centers of our chevrons with A double decrease. So it's going to be a slip one, knit two together, pass the slip stitch over. And we're going to slip as if to purl, but with the yarn in back. So we're going to pull that over. We're going to knit two together. Get real comfortable with that. Then we're going to grab that one that we slipped and bring it back over. And that's going to give us this nice big cross on the front. So as you're working right side rows, if you don't see that cross, you forgot to slip your stitch over. So go kind of knit back to that and make sure you slip your stitch over. If it just looks like a regular knit stitch, then you missed that and that's kind of a common thing to miss as you're going. And sorry I didn't tell you what we're doing next. We're repeating what we just did. So the knit two together is kind of the end stitch and then we're repeating those Stitches right in there. So we're doing knit three. This one is really easy to remember. We're going to yarn over, knit one, yarn over, knit three again. Very basic stitches, so it's very quick to learn and remember so you can do other things while you're knitting. So we got Our little middle worked out again, so knit three, yarn over, knit one, yarn over, knit three, then we're going to do the slip again. So we're going to slip one, knit two together, and slip that back over, and then same thing, knit three, two, three, yarn over, knit one, yarn over, knit three. It becomes very repetitive, so very easy to remember. Then we're going to slip one, knit two Pass that slip, nope I didn't, I knew I broke or split my yarn, knit two and then pass that back over. So this is what it's going to look like if you forget to pass, it's going to be a right leaning decrease and kind of as it's working up it'll look kind of just like a weird knit stitch. So just make sure that you're passing that back over so you get that crossover that we're On each of those, that's a good marker for if you kind of lose count, you can go to one of those and go, okay, I did three, oh, did I forget a yarn over? Because that's kind of yarn overs, and the pass overs probably are going to lose stuff. Now I just have a few stitches left, so I'm still repeating the three, one, three, one, two, three, yarn over, knit one, yarn over, knit three. You'll be left with two stitches at the end, just like at the beginning. We're going to knit two together. I know it can be a little awkward, especially on these last stitches, to get a knit two together. Just kind of work your way through it. As you can see, I'm losing it as well, especially on that very first stitch. It's so tight when you start. There we go. Isn't it beautiful? Now we're ready for our super simple row two. Okay, so we are ready for row two, and we're basically going to purl across, but we're going to do a knit stitch in the first stitch and a knit stitch in the last stitch, just so we have a nice running border. But every other stitch, we are going to purl. So that is it for this scarf, literally. You're doing those two rows over and over again. I did it where I was checking the length by putting it around myself. When I got to a length that I liked, I stopped. So once you stop, you're going to bind off on a purl side row or the wrong side because it's just easier. You'll just purl bind off the entire way across And you'll get a nice edge. You're going to either make it till you run out of yarn or make it to the size that you want and you'll be set. After you finish, we're going to weave in the ends and then we're going to talk a little bit about blocking because this definitely for most types of yarn is probably going to need some blocking. So we'll talk about that a little bit. Really simple. I like purl side rows when I'm doing stuff like this because it gives me a chance to breathe and chill and check up on my show I'm watching. But as I said, when we get to the edge, don't lose your yarn over. See, I almost lost my yarn over. It wanted to fall right off. So once I get to that edge, I'm doing a knit stitch in that very last stitch and then you'll have Your nice pretty scarf beginning and you'll see that we have that yarn over. I'm going to bring over finished one real quick. It's not blocked yet so or or have things woven in yet but I want to show you those crossovers. So you can see this is that one stitch by itself. You get the holes on the side with the yarn overs and then These are those double decreases, so in between you'll have one knit stitch from the purl side, but all the way up you should be having that leading stitch. And if you're missing it, if you see a couple of knit stitches in a row, you know that you missed that crossover. So you'll want to fix that if it bothers you, or just let it be as long as you fix your stitch count eventually. But isn't that pretty? So let's go finish your scarf and we'll talk about blocking. Okay, finished your scarf. You probably have a bunch of ends that you still need to weave in, which I do as well, but I wanted to take a moment to show you kind of what it looks It looks like when it's. Right off the needles, and you can see that it's not looking like what's in the finished picture, right? And that's because of not only the yarn and stitch pattern, but because it's not blocked. So when you see pictures of finished objects, they're usually blocked. Unless you have really good yarn that behaves really well, like really acrylic worsted, It usually doesn't even. that much blocking it usually kind of just sits in the stitch pattern that you make it in and it looks pretty good um but depending on how it's wound plies and all that's really going to affect what it looks like when it comes off so you can see i i'm not real happy with this i want it to look better so i'm going to go block it so i'm going to stick it in water let it sit for 20 Gently squeeze it out. Don't wring it. I'm going to lay it flat on my blocking mat and I'm going to make sure that I am pinning out my edges. These are chevrons. I want you to be able to see that. So I'm going to take extra time on these edges and pin them out so that when it's dry, it's going to hold that shape. So blocking is magical. Please do it, it will make your project look a million times better and it's really simple to do. It's just one extra step and you'll really like the finished outcome better. So I'm going to go block this and then I'm going to show you what it looks like. Okay so I finished blocking, you can see that my nice, another one down here hidden and Pattern, pattern, my bad. My project is laying much flatter and more defined with the openwork stitches that are in there. Hold it up a little bit so you can see that. So definitely you'll see I use some blocking mats and lace wires. I love lace wires for flat sided projects because it really gets them straight and gets the width even all the way across. So you can see in that video how it kind of, you can pin it out so that you have the exact same width all the way down. So lace wires in the description, check them out, I highly recommend them if you're going to be doing a lot of blocking type projects, which scarves always look best when you block them. That is it! That is the Sandpiper Knit Chevron Scarf. Make sure I get the whole name in there. I hope you enjoyed making it. I really appreciate you guys watching these videos and trying out these patterns. Please make them and tag me Put them on Facebook and tag me. Put them on Instagram and tag me. Send me a conversation on my website and send them to me. I love seeing your finished projects. So thanks for watching. I'm Deja with Knit and Crochet Reactor.com and I'll see you later. Everyone, I just wanted to give you one last quick And I tell you to go check out my Patreon page if you haven't yet. Lots of stuff. I'm going to be releasing another exclusive pattern for my cashmere level. If you don't know what that is, all the patterns that are in my cashmere level are free when you join that level. 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