New in November 2016:
This Excel spreadsheet with automatic calculation function is available
here
This
Excel spreadsheet is a tool
for calculating your desired measurements
for a knitted or crocheted Möbius scarf and the corresponding number of cast-on stitches according to your personal gauge.
For this, you need the Excel spreadsheet program or another calculation program available for free download on the internet, such as LibreOffice.
The download includes:
- Excel spreadsheet with calculated formulas
- PDF explanation of the Möbius principle
And here, to go with the
MÖBIUS theme, there's also
this illustrated PDF pattern
"3 Techniques - Möbius Scarf-Cowl-Headband - Knitted"

Here the
basic principle and three cast-on techniques for knitting Möbius scarves/loops are presented. Try them out and choose your favorite method :-)
The
PDF pattern is illustrated and contains 2 pattern models (see image gallery).
Model 1 – Colorful - is a Möbius loop/scarf with a circumference of approx. 90 cm and a height of approx. 20 cm, which can be worn wonderfully in different ways as a shoulder warmer and neck warmer (see image gallery). For this we need
only 1 ball of Woolly Hugs Bandy, here color no. 7, 100 g – 210 m, 100% cotton,
gauge according to the ball band: 14 sts x 20 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm;
US size 10 (6.0 mm) circular knitting needle with a 1 m cable length;
stitch marker; tape measure, scissors, yarn needle for weaving in ends.
If needed, leftover yarn in a slightly thinner, color-coordinated yarn (e.g. Record 210 – potholder yarn, here in green) and 4.5 mm crochet hook.
Model II – Möbius cowl in milk white snuggles wonderfully around the neck like a
turtleneck, but can also be worn as a
headband. This model is wonderfully suitable as a gift and can be knitted in just a few hours. For this we need
only 1 ball of merino yarn, 50 g – 85 m, e.g. Merino 85 by Austermann or Schachenmayr, 100% merino, according to the ball band for needle size 6–7 and a gauge of 16 sts x 22 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm.
Used here: 6.0 mm circular knitting needle, cable length 80 cm to 100 cm;
stitch marker; tape measure, scissors, yarn needle for weaving in ends.
Both models are worked in a simple reversible rib pattern.
These
knitting skills are required:
casting on stitches, knit and purl stitches, knitting in the round,
knit stitches together, purl stitches together, yarn over, bind off.
A basic knitting course is not included, but helpful links are.
By the way: my shop also has
gehäkelte Möbius-Schals - it's worth browsing.
Wishing you success,
Traudelina
©Waltraud Keil – S‘ Wollkörberl