Comments on: Hand Knit Dickey

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:11:13 +0000

I never understood dickeys… people actually wear them?

By: lucia

lucia — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:18:58 +0000

Some do. They’re great to keep your neck warm when it’s unwise to wear a scarf. You’ll see some traffic cops, snow mobilers, construction workers, ice fishermen wear them. In these cases, they are outside a long time, and a scarf just keeps getting unwound or dragging in muck.

On the other hand, dickeys are inconvenient if your outdoor exposure is limited to walking a few blocks to the car, driving, walking a few block to work. In that case, your neck gets to hot, and it’s hard to take off while driving, and you mess up your hair.

They were also really popular with everyone when I was a kid– in the 60’s and 70s. (Just a fashion thing then.)

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:17:36 +0000

I guess theoretically then you could leave one shoulder/neck seam open and put in buttons and buttonholes then (never seen it done, but someone has probably already done it). No messed-up hair.

By: lucia

lucia — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:59:33 +0000

Yes. I’ve even done it on a sweater. (But not the dickey.)

But, you might want to modify a little by knitting a small extension to create a placket so you can sew the buttons on. (You know how the front of a shirt has parts that overlap, or button bands over lap? You can just pick up and knit something to add that.)

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:02:08 +0000

Hi, I made this for my dad’s friend and also for my husband. Both of them just love it. Dad’s friend said it was the first dickie he ever had that didn’t choke him. Awesome! Hubby likes it because I made it tight so that the draft cant get down his shirt, He loves it, so much in fact I am making him another . .. just a little wider he asked for! So, I guess what I am saying is, Thank you! I love your calculators! (lol it was love at first sockulator sock (was my first sock ever))
Thanks again!

By: Jacki Riley

Jacki Riley — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:44:39 +0000

My sister has cancer. She lives in Minnesota, so the majority of the time, except about 3 months for summer, the temperature is rather cool. It is also very windy most of the time. She was looking for a dickey pattern, so I went to askjeeves.com and found your pattern. She has been on chemo every 3 weeks for two years…her breast cancer has spread to her lungs and brain…so she has no hair and she knits felted hats for her head. Needed something for her neck…thus the dickey. Thanks a million! Jacki Riley Paris, Arkansas

By: Anne Bean

Anne Bean — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:38:02 +0000

Your blog was mentioned on the Knitlist, so I read it and saw the comment by J. Riley in Paris, Arkansas. I live in Paris, Arkansas, and would like to meet Jacki. Can you contact her and give her my email address, please? Thanks! Anne Bean in Paris, Arkansas

By: Sunshine

Sunshine — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:51:49 +0000

I am excited to find a customized Dickey pattern!
Someone asked in “do people really wear these?” My husband is a policeofficer has plenty of bulk on his torso with a bullet proof vest, but wanted something warm on his neck… and we cannot find anything in Cali, not even a turtleneck… go figure! I’ll be getting busy on this!

By: Beth Hoffmann

Beth Hoffmann — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:46:05 +0000

Thank you for the idea of a side opening buttoned dickey. I’d been thinking front opening. I’d like turtleneck for scarf-warmth-without-wearing-a-scarf, button style to save the hairdo, and long enough and with armholes to keep the dickey from riding up. I remind myself of the verse from childhood, “Nobody, my dear, could call me a fussy man - I only want a little bit of butter for my bread.”
Beth from Waukesha

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:51:54 +0000

Thanks for all you information.
I am looking for advice on how to convert a knitting pattern to suit a yarn which is thicker than stated.
I now want to experiment a bit, and i am having difficulty getting the right garment size. I have knit tension squares but with no luck, I’m doing something wrong but what???!!
Thanks
Margaret