Desert Spring Scarf
By: Eric Plummer
Yarn:
Painted Desert sock weight 100% Superwash Wool 437 yds.
Needle: US 7
Gauge:
Not critical. Use large enough needles to create a nice open fabric. Finished Size: \~10-12" wide and 60" long after blocking.
Note:
The first stitch of each row is slipped knitwise. Glossary: K2tog: Knit 2 stitches together SSK: Slip l st as if to knit, slip next stitch as if to purl. Insert left needle thru fronts of the 2 slipped sts. K 2 sts. Tog. Thru back loops. YO: Yarn over K: Knit P: Purl Co: Cast-on using long-tail method. RS: Right side (knit side in stockinette) WS: Wrong side (purl side in stockinette) Instructions: Co 66sts. Rows 1-2: K all. Row 3: P all. Pattern is worked over 32 rows and repeated until desired length. Sts within () is repeated across. Stopping the designated sts from end. Right Slant: Row 1 (RS): K4, (K2tog, YO, K2), K2 Row 2 (and all wS rows): K2,P 62, K2 Row 3: K3, (K2tog, Y0, K2), K3 Row 5: K2, (K2tog, Y0,K2), K4 Row 7: K5, (K2tog, Y0, K2), K1 Row 9: as row l. Row 1l: as row 3. Row 13: as row 5. Row 15: Kl, (K2tog, Y0,K2), K5 Row 16: same as row 2. Left Slant: Row 17: K2 ,(YO, SSK, K2), K4 Row 19: K3 ,(YO, SSK, K2), K3 Row 21: K4 ,(YO, SSK, K2), K2 Row 23: K5 ,(YO, SSK, K2), K1 Row 25: as row 17. Row 27: as row 19. Row 29: as row 21. Row 31: as row 23. Row 32: same as row 2. Continue working these 32 rows until desired length. Finish with 3 rows in garter stitch (knit 3 rows).
