One of the first big knitting projects I started when I was a beginning knitter was a hooded scarf. I found the pattern in the D-J 1974 02094 Mon Tricot magazine. (That's the photo from the magazine.) The hood was a simple stockinette pattern with a small design around the face. It was made in sportweight yarn and knitted with Size 2 needles. It should have been fast and easy. Five years later, the scarf languished in time-out. I don't think I ever finished it. I still like the idea of a hooded scarf. Now that sportweight yarn doesn't intimidate me, I wonder if I will try it again? My notes say it needs 5 skeins of the main color and 1 skein of the alternate color. There are even directions for machine knitting. Now that would solve the boredom of endless stockinette!
Lesson learned? Beginners need to see progress and sportweight yarn and Size 2 needles take forever to make a scarf. If you are teaching a beginner to knit, may I recommend bulky yarn and something big, like Size 15 needles?
Let's see if I can post the directions from the magazine. You will probably have to copy them and print them to get the directions large enough to read. The directions come in adult and child sizes.
