Kids Knitted Scarf

Kids Knitted Scarf

The Kids Loop Scarf knitting pattern is perfect for your littles because it's easy to put on and actually stays on!

Even before I discovered this loop scarf knitting pattern I was totally a scarf person. Are you a scarf person? I tend to be cold anyway and even thin scarves always make me feel better. Plus there are so many cute ones!

Ok, maybe my scarf collection is a little too extensive….I plead the fifth. But I have terrible feet and can't collect shoes, so scarves it is!

Anyway, when it's really chilly, I like for O to wear a scarf too. I'm always scared, when I zip up his coats in the winter, that if I zip it too high it will bother him or I'll accidentally pinch his adorable double chin.

But it's kind of hard to find a kids scarf pattern that's not way too long for a small child. And I don't really love the idea of winding it around his neck multiple times, that makes me nervous.

And anyway if it's always coming unwound or dragging and getting is his way, he's not going to want to wear it.

So enter the Loop Scarf! It's the perfect solution from my friend Amanda from Simplified Mom who made a version of this Kids Loop Scarf knitting pattern for O when he was younger.

I think it's brilliant and since she doesn't really blog about crafty things, she's been kind enough to let me share my version of her pattern with you here!

It's actually really easy, the basic idea is to have a short scarf with a loop on one end. The scarf goes around the child's neck and the one end pulls through the loop at the other end, keeping the scarf secure.

There is only one dangling end and because of the loop, the whole scarf doesn't need to be that long so it won't get in your little one's way, and it's not going to come undone either!

I love this kids' scarf pattern!

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Kids Loop Scarf Knitting Pattern Instructions:

This pattern is copyright Little Red Window Design 2017 and is intended for personal use. You may not not distribute, reproduce or sell this pattern either physically or digitally.

As always, please be careful putting anything around kids' necks. Do not use a loop scarf unsupervised.

Using a long-tail cast on, cast on 25 stitches.

Knit all rows until the scarf is about 27 inches long. End on a right side row.

Stripes are optional. For my first scarf, I knit with each yarn color for 6 rows and then switched to the other color and repeated for the length of the scarf. Weave in all loose ends when you're finished.

Joining the loop at the end of the Loop Scarf:

Easy method to join the loop scarf:

Bind off, fold one end of the scarf over by 5 inches and using your yarn needle, neatly whipstitch the end to the body of the scarf to form the loop.

Advanced method to join the loop scarf:

I should start by saying that I don't actually think this is a real "official" knitting technique. But it works great and is how Amanda recommended doing it so I'm sharing it here.

1. First, before binding off, lay your scarf down wrong side up and fold the working end of your scarf over by about 5 inches. (You will be simultaneously picking up stitches on the body of the scarf to join the loop AND binding off. It combines all steps into one which is why I like it. )

2. As you knit across the scarf, first use your left needle to pick up a stitch from the body of the scarf.

3. Then using the right needle, k2tog with the picked up stitch and the first existing stitch that was already on your left needle.

4. Now you will have two stitches on your right needle. Bind off one stitch by lifting the original first stitch over the new second stitch that you just created and off the needle.

5. At this point you will have just one stitch on your right needle again and you can repeat steps 2-4 again all the way across the scarf. Make sure you are picking up stitches from the same row on the body of the scarf each time so that your seam is straight.

6. When you get to the last stitch, cut your yarn and pull the end through the loop to secure. Then weave in your end using a yarn needle.

O actually likes wearing this kids loop scarf and I feel like it's actually going to stay on and be comfortable. It's a win-win!

Here's one in gray too (and a cute little baby O!), you can do any variety of solid or stripes that you want! If you make a scarf with my kids loop scarf knitting pattern, please share it with me!

Active Time 2 hours

Total Time 2 hours

Difficulty Easy

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Welcome to Little Red Window! I'm Cassie and I'm a former architect with degrees in architecture, preservation, art and art history who's never met a craft or knitting project I didn't like!

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