Casting On

• 1). Choose your yarn and needles according to the scarf you want to achieve. Choose a thin yarn and thin needles to create a tightly knit scarf, or choose wide needles if you’re using a thick or heavy yarn.
  
  
• 2). Make a loop in the yarn, approximately 4 inches from the end, leaving the tail of the yarn hanging behind the loop. Insert the end of one knitting needle into the front of the loop. Push it behind the tail, and then back forward through the loop. Pull on the tail with your free hand. Transfer the needle with the loop attached to your left hand.
  
  
• 3). Grasp the other needle in your right hand. Place your thumb on the top of the needle and your index and middle fingers on the bottom, similar to how you hold a spoon.
  
  
• 4). Insert the tip of the right needle through the front of the loop, under the left needle. Drape the yarn from the roll through your palm and over your right index finger.
  
  
• 5). Hold both needles in your left hand, with the right needle crossed under the left. Lift the yarn from your right index finger under the crossed needles, and then over the tip of the right needle. Pull the yarn through the loop on the left needle, creating a loop on both the left and right needles. Insert the left needle through the bottom of the loop on the right needle, transferring it to the left needle. Repeat this step until you have the desired width for your dog’s scarf.
  
  

Knit

• 1). Hold the needle with the cast-on stitches in your left hand. Push the tip of the right needle through the bottom of the first stitch, front to back.
  
  
• 2). Drape the yarn from the roll through your palm and over your right index finger. Lift the yarn from your right index finger under the crossed needles, and then over the tip of the right needle.
  
  
• 3). Pull the yarn through the loop on the left needle, and then pull slightly to the right so the stitch transfers from the left needle to the right. Repeat for the remaining stitches in the row. When the right needle is full and the left is empty, switch hands and repeat.
  
  
• 4). Continue Steps 1 through 3 until your scarf is the desired length, and then bind off.
  
  

Bind Off

• 1). Knit two stitches onto the right needle.
  
  
• 2). Push the tip of the left needle under the first stitch and pull it up over both the second stitch and the tip of the right needle, leaving only one stitch on the needle.
  
  
• 3). Knit another stitch onto the right needle, then repeat Step 2 until the left needle is empty and only one stitch remains on the right needle.
  
  
• 4). Trim the loose yarn 3 inches from the needle with scissors. Slip the last stitch off of the right needle and push the yarn tail through the stitch. Pull it tightly to keep your scarf from unraveling. Thread the tail through a large needle and weave it through the knit to hide it.