Braided Scarf

This is my eleventh scarf. This scarf uses an unusual braiding pattern . I had tried to make it 3x before, with no success. The trick to making this scarf is to knit in rows of three across over and over and over again and then braid those resulting strands. I couldn't find any yarn locally that was large enough to braid without knitting it wider first. 

I used size US 13 needles for all strands and varying yarn sizes. I kept knitting until the strands were 10ft long. Ten feet may have been too long; 8 or 9 feet should suffice. I knit 6 strands altogether. You can add more for a thicker scarf as long as they are in groups of two.

I have gotten many comments on this one and my mom loves to borrow it all the time!

It goes faster than most scarves, so I would definitely recommend it!

I will also include the instructions below in case the link is ever removed.

First, cut the yarns to the desired length. I had 12 of 10' long yarns. 2 of them as a group and tie them together. like the photo shown below.

**( it could be 14 of 8' long yarns or 16 of 7' long yarns. you will have shorter but wider scarf.)

 
so you will have six group of them. Tie them to the clothes hanger.

Follow the instruction here. I quickly did some sketches here. I hope this is helpful.

I hung my hanger to my book shelf structure so I can sit on my chair. The Ikea book shelve I have happens to have the steel rod structure so I can easily adjust the height I want. I also tried to hang it to the bath room's towel hanger but then I could not adjust the height. It's a bit painful to stand for a couple hours. Also you need a clean floor space for the excess yarns. remember they are 10' long yarns!

I think I was inspired by those back strap loom which attached to wood trunk and human body. It reminds me that I can simply use my clothes hanger to finish this project.

 No. 8 is the end condition. You need to always adjust the shape of the scarves. Pull them tight!! but not overly.
try to do some swatches before you did a real project. to check the texture, color and get used to the braiding patter. Also you will know what kind of the tension you need. This is the swatch I used the irregular shape yarns so you can see that it got various width.

Here is the original illustrations from the book. You will notice that actually the yarns are fixed by the nails. you also can do this way. I tried this at the very beginning . I used foam core and pins but it failed. The pins doesn't hold the yarns well. I just don't have a surface can nail on and also bigger enough for those 10' long yarns.