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I've had this idea in the back of my mind for a few years.

The patterns available for hand-knit golf club covers never stray far from a few basic ideas that have always failed to inspire me. Much like the knitters of today, many of the golfers that I know are pretty hip. This design combines a traditional technique with vibrant colors for a new twist on an old idea.

Rather than numbering the club covers, you choose which color you want to use for each club. A variation would be to knit a number of stripes around the ribbing as a key to the club number.

model: Stacy photo: Mary Edwards

SIZE
one.
 
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Length: approx 17 inches
Width: approx 8 inches

 

MATERIALS

[MC] Paton's Look at Me, Baby Sport [60% Acrylic/40% Nylon; 152yd/139m per 50g skein]; color: Black #6364; [3] skeins

Although colors are repeated in more than one chart, no more than 1 skein of any CC color is required for all three club covers. All yarns are Paton's Look at Me, Baby Sport [60% Acrylic/40% Nylon; 152 yd/139m per 50g skein]

Colors used in Pink-Purple Chart:

Color names in parentheses are the color names used in chart legend.

[CC1] color: Pink [Light Pink] #6381; 1 skein
[CC2] color: Hot Pink [Medium Pink] #6357; 1 skein
[CC3] color: Magenta [Hot Pink] #6369; 1 skein
[CC4] color: Lilac [Light Purple] #6358; 1 skein
[CC5] color: Mid Blue [Medium Blue] #6359; 1 skein
[CC6] color: Deep Purple [Dark Purple] #6370; 1 skein
[CC7] color: Lagoon [Light Teal] #6361; 1 skein
[CC8] color: Sunny Yellow [Yellow] #6366; 1 skein

 

 

 

Colors used in Red-Orange Chart:

Color names in parentheses are the color names used in chart legend.

[CC1] color: Racy Red [Red] #6365; 1 skein
[CC2] color: Sunny Yellow [Yellow] #6366; 1 skein
[CC3] color: Orange #6385; 1 skein
[CC4] color: White #6351; 1 skein
[CC5] color: Hot Pink [Medium Pink] #6357; 1 skein
[CC6] color: Green Apple [Light Green] #6362; 1 skein
[CC7] color: Mango [Coral] #6356; 1 skein
[CC8] color: Pink [Light Pink] #6381; 1 skein

 

 

 

Colors used in Blue-Green Chart:

Color names in parenthesis are the color names used in chart legend.

[CC1] color: Lagoon [Light Teal] #6361; 1 skein
[CC2] color: Peacock [Medium Teal] #6360; 1 skein
[CC3] color: Bright Blue [Royal Blue] #6367; 1 skein
[CC4] color: Green Apple [Light Green] #6362; 1 skein
[CC5] color: Mid Blue [Medium Blue] #6359; 1 skein
[CC6] color: Kelly Green #6368; 1 skein
[CC7] color: Orange #6385; 1 skein
[CC8] color: Sunny Yellow [Yellow] #6366; 1 skein

1 set US #6/4mm double-point needles
[or use your preferred method for knitting in the round]
3 stitch markers
darning needle

 

GAUGE

26 sts/28 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch

 
DIRECTIONS

For the bottom ribbing, CO 48 sts in MC onto double-pointed needles.
Leave a long enough tail to darn in.
Work in 2x2 [k2, p2] rib until piece measures 9 inches.
At this point you may want to place a pin or some type of marker to indicate start of round. It does not have to be a marker that gets carried along as you knit.
Next row, k all sts.
Next row, inc 8 sts, evenly spaced -- 56 sts.
Work in St st for 3 inches ending at beg of rnd.
Foll Fair-isle patt from chart beg at the bottom right-hand corner.
Chart repeats 7 times for each rnd. Change colors at beg of rnd.
After chart is completed, work in MC for one inch.
Next rnd, arrange sts on needles as foll: needle 1: 18 sts, needle 2: 19 sts, needle 3: 19 sts. If you are working on 4 dpn or two circular needles, place markers at beg of rnd, k 18 sts, place marker, k 19 sts, place marker.
Start decreasing. Starting at beg of rnd, *k1, k2tog, k to 3 sts before end of needle [or before marker], ssk, k1, [move marker]*
Continue until there are 16 sts remaining. Run end of yarn through remaining sts and pull tight.

 

FINISHING

Darn in all ends.
Create pom-pom or tassle and attach to top of club cover. Use basic black or combine a contrasting color from the fair-isle pattern. Have fun!

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Mary lives in Brecksville, OH, where she knits, spins and dreams about owning a sheep farm.

When the alarm clock goes off in the morning, however, she wakes from sheepy dreams to go to her job as a LAN/WAN engineer.

After work, you'll find her and her Shar-pei mix pup wandering the trails of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Brecksville Reservation. She does golf, but had to take a year off to regain her sanity.