Around here (Belgium) primary schoolchildren have to wear reflective neon vests in winter so as to be visible in the darkness/mist. These vests are not so pretty and thus not hugely popular. Especially older children and teens will not wear them.
Here’s an idea for a beanie and scarf, I hope somewhat more attractive, so the fluo-vest-haters would hopefully wear these, and be safer at night in traffic. I hope to inspire knitters to knit them, and children and adults alike to wear them! Be safe 🙂
I used two yarns from Schachenmayr for this project, Lumio Fine which reflects light in the dark, and Boston, which comes in lovely colours, also visible neon colours. Acrylic: 70%, Virgin Wool: 30%. I used European size 7 knitting needles. The yarns are super bulky, so these items are knitted in a jiffy.
Beanie (size 8 year old) – I plan to make and post more sizes 🙂
Cast on 72 stitches, knit/purl for 20 rows. Then decrease a stitch every 18 stitch – or 4 times per row. Keep decreasing 4 times per row at the same place.
Use any colours as long as you use a reflective yarn and a neon yarn.
Scarf:
Cast on 20, knit/purl until desired length. Again, use a reflective and a neon yarn, plus any other colours you find harmonious.
For the Benelux readers, I ordered the Lumio Fine (100g 8,95€) at the Wolnut, and the Fluo Boston (50g 3,95€) at Veritas. Both shops sell more Boston colours. Veritas also sells a Lumio which is even chunkier, for needles 10mm.
GET KNITTING – AND SPREAD THE WORD!
What a great idea!
Thank you 🙂
Amazing! I’m totally inspired, I wonder whether you can get the yarn in the uk?
Hi Toya, I’m sure you can find the yarn in the UK, Schachenmayr is a global brand. Here’s the link to their store locator: http://uk.schachenmayr.com/stores. Amazon sells it as well. I believe more brands are starting with the reflective yarns too. Good luck, looking forward to seeing your version!
thank you!