Moebius How-To

(NB. the diagrams are my copyright, but you are welcome to have them for personal use)

I have found this a slightly easier way to do a moebius, the other way makes my wrists hurt, but I realised that it was quite difficult to explain when trying to describe it to Hazel at lunch the other day (of which more in a separate post), so I've had a go at drawing some simple diagrams in MS Paint to see if I can explain it better.

In aran-weight yarn, cast on 80 - 90 stitches on a 6mm circular needle (80 cm long is a good size), this will give you a scarf 20 - 22 inches in circumference. Use the e-wrap cast-on, and don't start it with a slip knot. Knit the first row through the front of the cast on loops (you don't want to tighten up this edge, so don't do it tbl)


Knit about 9 rows garter stitch, and don't slip the first stitch of each row (you want the 'pips' on the edges for seaming later)


Pick up the cast on loops on a spare circular needle


This is where the twist comes in, and this is easier to do than to describe, but hope the diagram of what you should be holding will make it easier


The finishing bit, just a small amount of sewing to do