Frankie's Knitted Stuff
Jabberwock Scarf
The Jabberwock is the dragon-like monster in Lewis Carroll's poem ‘Jabberwocky'. The textured patterns on this scarf made me think of dragon scales, hence the name. The stitch pattern used for this scarf is my own creation and uses lots of increases and decreases to give puffed triangles on one side and a lattice pattern on the other.
Yarn and Needles
I knitted my scarf with Lang Tosca Light (400m / 100g) and 4mm / US size 6 needles. I used one 100g ball of yarn and my finished scarf measures about 127 cm long and 19cm wide (50" x 7%2"). You could easily substitute another yarn of a similar weight. This stitch pattern uses a lot of yarn because it is heavily textured so remember this when choosing your yarn.
A Word about yarn overs
In this pattern you will be making stitches by the use of yarn overs, abbreviated as ‘yo'. These are worked in two ways, depending on the stitches before and after them. After a purl stitch and before a knit stitch leave the yarn at the front of the work and carry it over the right needle to knit the next stitch. After a knit stitch and before a purl stitch put the yarn at the front of the work and then wrap it over the right needle and back to the front to purl the next stitch.
Knitting the Scarf
Cast on 41 sts. Knit 3 rows. The stitch pattern consists of 24 rows, with the second set of twelve rows being an off-set version of the first. Stitches are steadily increased over the first eight rows of each set and then rapidly decreased so that, on Rows 12 and 24, you again have 41 stitches on your needle. Row 1: K2, P1, (yo, K11, yo, P1) three times, K2 (47 sts). Row 2: K4, (P11, K3) three times, K1. Row 3: K2, P2, (yo, K11, yo, P3) twice, yo, K11, yo, P2, K2 (53 sts). Row 4: K5, (P11, K5) three times. Row 5: K2, P3, (yo, K11, yo, P5) twice, yo, K11, yo, P3, K2 (59 sts). Row 6: K6, (P11, K7) twice, P11, K6. Row 7: K2, P4 (yo, K11, yo, P7) twice, yo, K11, yo, P4, K2 (65 sts). Row 8: K7, (P11, K9) twice, P11, K7. Row 9: K2, P5, (SSK) × 2, S2KP2, (K2tog) × 2, P9) twice, (SSK) twice, S2KP2, (K2tog) twice, P5, K2 (47 sts). Row 10:K7, (P5, K9) twice, P5, K7. Row 11: K2, P5, (SSK, K1, K2tog, P9) twice, SSK, K1, K2tog, P5, K2 (41 sts). Row 12: Knit. That's the first half of the stitch pattern. I know it looks complicated with all those brackets and abbreviations but you will soon get into the rhythm of it. The next section is the same thing again but shifted six stitches across the row. Row 13: K8, (yo, P1, yo, K11) twice, yo, P1, yo, K8 (47 sts). Row 14: K2, P6, (K3, P11) twice, K3, P6, K2. Row 15: K8, (yo, P3, yo, K11) twice, yo, P3, yo, K8 (53 sts). Row 16: K2, P6, (K5, P11) twice, K5, P6, K2. Row 17:K8, (yo, P5, yo, K11) twice, yo, P5, yo, K8 (59 sts). Row 18: K2, P6, (K7, P11) twice, K7, P6, K2. Row 19: K8, (yo, P7, yo, K11) twice, yo, P7, yo, K8 (65 sts). Row 20: K2, P6, (K9, P11) twice, K9, P6, K2. Row 21: K4, (K2tog) twice, (P9, (SSK) × 2, S2KP2, (K2tog) × 2) twice, P9, (SSK) twice, K4 (49 sts). Row 22: K2, P4, (K9, P5) twice, K9, P4, K2. Row 23: K2, (K2tog) twice, (P9, SSK, K1, K2tog) twice, P9, (SSK) twice, K2 (41 sts). Row 24: Knit. You will notice that the number of stitches left at the end of Rows 9 and 21 are not the same, this is not a mistake! Now you can repeat these 24 rows until you have nearly run out of yarn or until your scarf is long enough, whichever comes first. Knit 3 more rows and cast off.
Abbreviations
st /sts stitch / stitches Kknit Ppurl yo yarn over (explained in pattern) SSK slip, slip, knit (see below) S2KP2 slip two stitches as if to knit them together, knit one stitch and pass slipped stitches over K2tog knit two stitches together slip, slip, knit Slip 2 stitches knitwise (or knitwise followed by purlwise) one at a time, insert tip of left needle into stitches from above, put yarn round right needle and knit both stitches together. Frankie Brown, 2012. My patterns are for personal use only and should not be used to knit items for sale.
