evermore
a cabled scarf by Nicole Whitis Strobush
I designed this scarf as an anniversary gift for my husband. Knitted insoft cotton, the traditional giftfor the secondyear of marriage, it has plenty of texture for beauty and warmth.
materials and notes
approximately 260-300 yards of worsted to aran weight yarn a tapestry needlle straight or circularneedles the pictured scarf is knit in blue sky alpacas dyed cotton. imbued fibers thistledown aran is a good wool option. the sample was knit on size 9 needles; gauge is not crucial.
abbreviations
kknit ppurl C1F cable onefront:slip thenext stitch off the left needleonto a cableneedle andhold it infront of thework;knit the next stitch, then knit the stitch onthecableneedle. C1Bcable one back: slip the next stitch off theleftneedleontoacableneedle andhold itbehind thework;knit the next stitch, then knit the stitch onthecableneedle.
instructions
cast on36. begin the chart on row one, and repeat rows one through four until the desiredlength isreached. tofinish, repeat row one once more, then bind off. weave in endswiththetapestryneedle. handwashand soak the finishedscarf, andlayflat tody
a note on cabling:
cablingwithout a cableneedlemakes thispattern a much quicker knit. There is a lovely article about this technique from knitty: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/FEATwin07TT.html
chart key
kpC1F C1B
