Knitting on the bias is a great technique that is really easy to do. Knitting like this means you can use ANY YARN to knit either this scarf or neckwarmer, from thin to thick, commercial or handspun. They are worked in garter stitch using two yarns with a frothy seaweed edging; the neck warmer has a button fastening.

Finished Sizes:
Neck warmer - 10cm (4in) wide, 37.5cm (15in) long when fastened
Scarf - 15cm (6in) wide, 150cm (60in) long

Stitches used:
Cast on, garter stitch (knit every row), decreasing - k2tog, k2tog tbl, sl1-k2tog-psso (diagrams), increasing - knit into front and back of stitch (diagram), picking up stitches (diagram).

Materials
Any yarn you choose -
Green neckwarmer worked in two aran-weight yarns; a chenille and a wool. Gold neckwarmer worked in metallic yarn and ribbon. Scarf worked in two chunky-weight wools.
Needles to match your yarn.
For the neckwarmer: two 2.5cm (1in) buttons.

Pattern:
Full written instructions with stitch diagrams. Information for different yarns, yarn amounts and needle sizes.
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