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- We're gonna do a fun scarf variation on this cowl now.

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Instead of going to seam the two ends together,

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we're gonna leave those undone

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and we're gonna start by weaving in the ends.

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You wanna trim them to about eight inches.

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You're gonna take your tail

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and we're gonna weave it in along this edge

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so that it's up from the edge of the scarf.

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And it's not along the edge here either

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but it's in the underneath part.

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So take your tail and you're gonna weave it

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following the lines of the stitches,

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so see how that follows the line of the stitch

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that was right there.

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And this comes down through,

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again, the line of the stitch

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goes down here through this purl bump.

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I just skip over this part here

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and come up through this bump

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and then down through this next one here.

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Again, following the line of the stitches, just like that.

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Tuck this underneath this last stitch.

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And now, this might come loose a little bit

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but for the most part, it's gonna stay hidden

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and you won't be able to see it.

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You can trim a little bit off here

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so that it's just not sticking out right there.

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We're gonna do the exact same thing

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on the other end with the tail from the cast-on edge.

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You can leave that as is

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but I like to add a fun embellishment

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by adding pom-poms to each corner.

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I actually really love pom-poms

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and anyone who has had them on an article of clothing before

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will know what I'm talking about there.

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So much fun to squeeze.

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So let's do that.

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I'm gonna show you how I make pom-poms.

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Now I've got a very lazy man's way of making pom-poms.

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Usually what it is, is I have a pile of yarn

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that I've been arm knitting or something,

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nicely on the couch, and I have my iPhone (giggles)

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and I don't have anything else,

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so I started using my iPhone to make pom-poms

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and it actually works really well.

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You can do this with a piece of cardboard

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that's about similar dimensions.

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It can be up to an inch or two shorter than this as well

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but all you're gonna do if you're using a phone

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or the cardboard, is you're gonna hold on to this

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and start wrapping around the phone.

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And it's a little bit of a tedious process

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because it's a lot of wrapping.

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The key to fabulous pom-poms is a lot of yarn.

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Sometimes I count.

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When I've counted, it's about 70 wraps,

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but on the iPhone, it's basically

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until it's like, "I can't put any more on this."

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Okay, it's starting to get unwieldy.

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I know I'm almost there,

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so basically what you wanna think about

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is that when you squeeze that yarn,

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that when you cut the top,

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it's gonna form a nice cone up here, a nice, round cone.

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If you're worried about the one skein

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being enough for all your poms,

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you might wanna divide it up into four equal parts

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before you start, and then you won't have

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like one little, itty-bitty, thin one, and one thick one.

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What you're gonna do when you get to that thickness

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is you're gonna cut the yarn right here.

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So now you just have this big loop on your phone.

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And then you need a length of yarn to hold the center,

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so you're gonna cut a long piece here,

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a little more than 12 inches.

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And this part is gonna go around the middle.

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Now I like to loosely tie it here

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so that you can get that phone out

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without losing the center.

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So you start to peel this part off your phone

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or your cardboard, just like that.

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We scoot it out.

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So now you see you've got your tie yarn in the middle

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and you wanna crank down on this as hard as you can.

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So if you have a yarn that's more breakable

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than this yarn, this yarn has a nice twist in it

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so it's stronger yarn than some wools,

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if you have a yarn that's gonna break,

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you might wanna do this part with some twine

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or some heavier duty yarn that's less breakable,

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like a cotton yarn is not gonna break

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as easily as a wool might.

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So you wanna pull that really tight

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and then you wanna flip this bundle over.

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I wanna make sure this center piece is in the center.

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So tighten that down again.

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And then what you wanna do

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is you're gonna tie this one more time

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but you're gonna go around twice.

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This is the first part of a surgeon's knot, like that,

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'cause that really makes sure

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that it pulls tight.

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You're gonna flip it over again.

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The tighter your center, the better your pom-poms

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'cause you're basically bringing

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all this yarn to a center bit

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like this.

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There we go.

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We're gonna do this one more time.

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Now, you've got your tie on yarn here.

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and you wanna keep this in your hand,

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and maybe you should have started with a longer yarn here

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'cause you don't want this to get lost

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in the ones you're cutting

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but you can hold on to it here

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and we're gonna start cutting.

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You can see here, for example, this one's really long.

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That was easy to hang on to.

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Now you have this bundle, and what you're gonna do

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is you're gonna reach with the scissors

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and then you're gonna start to cut these lengths of loops.

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Don't be scared.

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The pom-pom will be very happy at the end.

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Gonna come in here.

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And you'll see there's an inner layer of loops

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because you wrapped around so many times,

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so you wanna push those layers out

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and get into the center loops

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and cut those too.

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More in here.

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In the beginning when you first cut this,

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and this is part of the result of doing it

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in the way we did, you've got this extra length

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and this is all gonna be trimmed,

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so it will seem like a looser pom-pom

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but by the time you trim it down to this size,

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it's gonna come into this tightness

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because as you move towards the center,

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all the yarn pieces are tighter together.

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But let's say we got all our loops,

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now we're gonna flip it over

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and hang on to those ties still, those center ties.

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The other thing about doing this method

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is there's a little bit more trimming involved

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than if you did it on like a pom-pom maker

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or a template with a center circle in it.

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That makes really nice, even lengths of yarn

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and somehow I find it easier

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and, (giggles) I guess, more fun to do.

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I guess, again, it's lazy.

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But then you get all these fun, little shreds everywhere.

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You'll see that it's kind of oblong shape.

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So now we're gonna go in and we're gonna start trimming.

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We're gonna give this little pom-pom a haircut

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along the edges.

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You wanna try and maintain that circle shape.

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You see how it's starting to come together

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a little bit more here.

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Now it's like hair cutting.

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You don't wanna go too crazy

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'cause you want some room to even it out if things go awry,

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so you wanna just keep trimming little bits

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and getting that shape down

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and hanging on to those center threads.

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So once you have that pom-pom looking just how you want it,

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and you can get pretty obsessive with getting it just right,

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you can set it aside.

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And then you can go ahead

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and we're gonna attach all the pom-poms

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to the corners of the scarf.

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It's pretty simple.

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You just pick the place that you want to attach it.

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Will bring it nice and tight.

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And again, we're gonna do that surgeon's knot

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where you go around twice

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so that it stays really tight to this.

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And again, we're gonna do it again twice.

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Go just like that, and that will be pretty secure.

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If you want, one thing that you can do

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is you could have tied it on,

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if you have extra of the scarf color left,

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you could tie that center piece with the green color.

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Because it's knotted, you just wanna tuck those ends in

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a little bit.

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So we'll do this.

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We're just gonna trim it down.

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Gonna go back actually towards the pom

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so that the ends of it

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end towards the pom.

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Gonna do this,

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back towards the end.

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And then we're gonna cut it here, the little,

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little bit of length to it right there.

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And then we're gonna tuck that bit into the pom.

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Gonna spread the pom out over those ends.

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You attach the rest of the poms

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on each corner in the same way

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and then your scarf is ready to wear.

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Whether you knit the scarf or the cowl,

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either one makes an absolutely wonderful gift.

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Luscious, cozy,

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perfect for your favorite friends and family.