Old favorite: Mon Tricot Pullover and Scarf Hat

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.

Another Crocheted Favorite

This is the picture of another favorite of mine -- a 3 corner crocheted shawl from a 1970s issue of Magic Crochet . The magazine was printed in France by the same people who did Mon Tricot. I believe it's been out of print for years.

I made the shawl from an off-white mohair like fingering yarn, an acrylic if I remember right, and left off the fringe. My daughter asked for hers to be made from snow-white worsted weight yarn with the fringe. Both shawls were great. Hers is just bigger and warmer, but the fringe is glorious. Now my 8 year old granddaughter wants one. But do I want to do that much crocheting? I really prefer to knit... Ah, well. Grandkids have their ways.


As an aside, I'll mention that the nightgown directions on the left of the page make a great summer gown. I made mine of skirt-weight cotton gauze (not the bandage type gauze! :) ) The crocheted bodice worked beautifully with it. I'd still be wearing it if a new puppy hadn't decided to snack on the shoulder straps and half the side...

To be able to use the directions, you will need to save the image to your computer, then enlarge it.