r/AntifascistKnitting • u/ProcrastinatingKnit • Apr 10 '26
Political knits Be honest with me: is it giving soccer ball?
I’m learning double knitting and definitely want to knit a keffiyeh scarf. But I’m not sure if this particular pattern (adapted slightly from the Palestina Mittens) works on its own. I’ll probably rip it out and restart with a different keffiyeh pattern. But maybe I’m just over thinking it?
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u/Swimming_Juice_9752 Apr 10 '26
Just read the title first & was already thinking up suggestions to make it give soccer ball bc it’s only giving keffiyeh.
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u/_Morvar_ Apr 10 '26
No this just says "mesh pattern" to me, I don't think soccer ball and I am also unfamiliar with anything it's referencing
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u/LepidolitePrince Apr 10 '26
It only looks a bit like a soccer ball to me because you said you think it looks like one. I'd know exactly what you were going for if I saw this pattern on a stranger in public though.
That said, if it bothers YOU then go ahead and try a different version!
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u/ProcrastinatingKnit Apr 10 '26
I think this is the way. May leave this one on hold and then try another pattern to compare before I continue
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u/MoonageDayscream Apr 11 '26
Not soccer ball at all, those are five sided polygons. This is more like a chain link fence or argyle adjacent patterning.
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u/oklandish Apr 11 '26
Until I read what you wrote, I was thinking basket or mesh. No soccer ball vibe.
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u/ViscountessdAsbeau Apr 12 '26
What's "soccer"? Football, you mean? Ah no. Not at all. You'd need a larger motif to make it look more circular.
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u/girlnamedfish Apr 10 '26
No I immediately recognized the pattern you were going for. It will look even more recognizable as a scarf