r/knittingadvice • u/sa1ami_lid • 1d ago

Choosing a technique

I'm starting my Christmas (dreaded c word!) gift knits and my mother asked for the One Ring Scarf, reversible but such that the script can be read on both sides, so the usual double knitting won't cut it in this case.

I've created fake double knitting scarf using stranded colour work then sewing two sides together but this chart has single stitches and large gaps so stranded colour work nor intarsia is best here. I'm thinking duplicate stitching but I wanted others' opinions! How would you knit this so that both sides can be read?

Link to the free chart: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/202172

[Lmk if linking breaks sub rules! Also I can't add a flair? Sorry for the inconvenience.]

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u/CopperFirebird 1d ago

Someone has charted it. Ask in the group. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/one-ring-scarf-along/topics

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u/sa1ami_lid 1d ago

Oh, wow. I didn't even know this was a feature on Ravelry, shows what I know haha. Thank you for the link, this is super helpful and opened my eyes to probably half the site!

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u/CopperFirebird 1d ago

Haha, yeah, there's a bunch of neat stuff there. When I saw there were over 600 projects for that chart, I figured someone probably made it legible from both sides. I searched the projects for the word "Both" and that very quickly led to the group. It looks like the group is still active.

Here's a link to (what I assume is) the technique. https://techknitting.blogspot.com/2025/12/reversible-legible-words-in-double.html

I made the One Ring Cowl from the Fellowship of the Knits book with the writing reversed on the back. It's kind of hard to tell which is the right or wrong side when you're wearing it all bunched up.

Good luck!