Have you ever seen a Leafy Sea Dragon? There is a wonderful exhibit of them at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium in California. They even have high definition large screen magnifiers, that let me see the little creatures. They are truly a combination of plant and animal, and a wonder to the human mind - a body with branches and leaves attached! 
The Leafy Sea Dragon seemed like a good namesake for this ruffled scarf. The pattern is not hard to loom; an easy pairing of knits, purls and short rows. I used my favorite 1/2 inch gauge loom, but the purple Knifty Knitter hat loom will substitute. The yarn is Chroma Worsted from Knit Picks, in the Galapagos color. Long color repeats work very well with the pattern. Use peg markers, and it will fly along effortlessly. The pattern is available as a large print pdf file. Let me know if you need a plain text file. I'd like to hear how you like the pattern. Enjoy! Leafy Sea Dragon Scarf $4.50 US 
Copyright 2011 by Invisible Loom and Craft, Renee Van Hoy. All Rights Reserved. Personal Use Only.
This technique is so simple but so effective Renee, Leafy Sea Dragon Scarf is gorgeous! I think I am going to make one in the glittery handspun yarn I finished the other day, the pinky peach tones one which Imogen hand carded blended the fibre together for photographed with Angelica's ballet pointe shoes in the background. I think it will look stunning as the yarn goes from dark to light so the sea dragon will be darker at one end graduating to pale pink at the other. Thank you so much for the pattern :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful scarf. And you are right...the name is VERY fitting!
ReplyDeleteHi the scarf is beautiful I am just trying to wrap my brain around the pattern it seems simple but I am having a hard time.to understand what you.mean by on.the rows to S1, HS1, and last when you say turn around after either knitting or purling. Anyway I am practicing on some.cheap yarn before I buy the really good,yarn. I. Hope you see this post
ReplyDeleteLove the scarf! It's very cute. I have a question... At the turn, are you supposed to wrap and turn or just do the knit and purl on the same peg as a means for turning? I hope that makes sense. Keep up the amazing work and THANKS for the patterns!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, yes, you knit and purl/purl and knit on the same peg. No wrapping needed because the garter stitch fabric will take up the openings. If you are using a large gauge loom, such as the Knifty Knitters, it is a good idea to use the traditional knit stitch instead of the ewrap knit stitch, to help make up for the gauge difference.
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ReplyDeleteIf you look at the photo at the top of this post, there are two "triangles" or points formed at each end of the scarf, where the ruffles fall. Please email me, or post a comment with your email so we can figure this out.
Deletethanks for your help! because of it I'm nearly finished a wonderful scarf :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Renee I have a question. Pattern says: Repeat rows 1-14 until scarf measures 50
ReplyDeleteinches long, or desired length. Finish the 14 row repeat, then knit one row, purl one row, knit one row. Do we K1 row, P1 row, K1 row after each 1-14, or is that just at the end after we've reached 50 inches long? Thanks!
Hi Ashley, You only do that at the end of the scarf. There is a loom-a-long for this pattern right now on Ravelry in the Loom-a-long group. Hope you will join us.
DeleteI want to do this pattern again but wonder if you know if Lion Brand Homespun yarn would work?
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