SCARF WITH VOLUMETRIC APPLIQUE

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Snoods, scarves, shawls, cloaks and other indispensable accessories of the cold season coexist equally in fashion. “Highlight”, or rather, a whole bunch of grapes, in a designer cropped scarf with a voluminous applique, combining several knitting techniques at once, will stand out from the crowd, attract all the attention of socialite lionesses and remain unique. The model is simple, but effective and practical, because the grapes are arranged in such a way as to partially cover the cheeks and ears of the happy owner from frost.
To create this model you will need:
- thick yarn of the main color (suitable from 200 to 240 meters in 100 grams);
- the remnants of yarn for application (I use Lana Gold Alize 800m / 100g and its smaller footage 240m / 100g);
- knitting needles No. 8;
- hook No. 3-3.5;
- a needle.
We knit the main fabric, on large knitting needles it will be ready in two to three hours. We collect 35 + 2 edge loops with a double thread, if desired, you can make the scarf wider.

We knit the first row with purl loops so that the edge of the product does not bend in the sock. Then we knit with a stocking knit, alternating the seamy and facial rows of loops.

At the desired height (I have 23 cm), we close the loops, fasten the thread and cut it.

If the yarn contains acrylic, then the fabric does not need to be steamed, acrylic loses its shape, the pattern is often "pressed".
We start knitting "grapes". Will work in the technique of freeforms, which translates from English as "free form". Freeform involves a combination of any knitting elements and work with any yarn in volume or composition. In this technique, imagination and the ability to combine colors and shades are important so that the finished product fascinates with harmony and grace, and does not frighten the contemplators.
We will use two colors for the application: purple and brown.
You can start in two ways: by wrapping the thread several times around the index finger and knitting the first row in such a way with single crochet, or dialing a chain of 5 VP., Close the ring with a connecting column and also knit the first row of ST.B.N.

The row ends with a connecting column. We knit one lifting loop, and again insert the hook into the center of the first "circle", knit in a circle, "increasing" the volume of grapes.

I make three rows, after which I cut and fix the thread. The more rows, the juicier the berry will be. For the smallest element, two rows are enough.

In total, we will need from 6 to 10 "grapes" for one bunch. They can be either symmetric or asymmetric. In my work, I connected three additional “berries” and arranged them symmetrically with respect to the main application. We sew the “grapes” together with a needle, we arrange them on a scarf in random order.

We tie the top of the clusters with another freeform element - a postal or twisted column. We fix the brown thread, make 4 lifting loops and 1 ST.S.N. into the next loop. Next, we hook the thread onto the hook and raise the working thread, wrapping around ST.S.N. We repeat this several times, the more, the more magnificent the twisted column will turn out. The difficulty of this element is to stretch the hook through all the dialed turns.
For decoration, we need 3-5 twisted columns.