These stylish scarves go beyond basic garter stitch to add a little kick to your wardrobe. A few of them make wonderful last-minute gifts that will be met with much appreciation. Others will require a bit more time, but every moment will bring great knitting pleasure. But the best part is that each of them requires only one ball of yarn.

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Many designers of MKALs give a beautiful descriptions of what inspired their designs, usually a particular landscape or their garden or some other lovely thing. Unfortunately, I don’t have any profound inspiration to share with you. I just really love knitting short rows and mosaic color work and felt inspired to combine them in this asymmetric...

Inspired by the Outlander series of books by Diana Gabaldon, this shawl pattern is written for lace, fingering and sport weight yarn. Knitter’s Choice! (Samples: Blue was knit with Malabrigo Yarn Lace and red was knit with Dale of Norway Tiur.)

Worked from the top down, this beautiful raglan sweater can be knit with a variety of yarn weights in a wide range of baby and toddler sizes.

A wonderful way to try Fair Isle knitting if you’ve never tried it before, this hat is a quick, stylish project for a guy or girl. You can add a tassel or pom-pon to the top if you like. Or leave it alone and let the color pattern speak for itself.

Note: If you are using self-striping or self-patterning yarn and want your mitts to match perfectly, you will need more than 110 yards of yarn. The mitts in the photo were made with only one ball of Diakeito Diamusée, and they do not match perfectly.

This simple, drop shoulder baby sweater and matching hat is a wonderful beginner project. It also offers easy, mindless knitting for more advanced knitters. The sweater is sized to fit a baby 6-12 months old.

Knit in the round beginning at the neck, this openwork poncho looks lovely with a dress or with jeans. The feather and fan stitch pattern makes for interesting knitting, while still being easy enough for someone new to openwork.

Worked in one piece beginning at the neck, this is arguably the easiest poncho or cape you’ll ever knit! Choose from 4 sizes (from toddler to adult) and 4 yarn weights (5, 4, 3, or 2 stitches per inch) to make your perfect poncho.

This is the afghan that was designed in 2004.

This short row scarf is a fun way to showcase a gorgeous long self-striping yarn by pairing it with a complementary solid. It would also be stunning knit with leftovers in place of the the self-striping yarn.