Peruvian Woven Scarf
BY JENNIFER WOOD
Peruvian Woven Scarf
Materials:
Yarn: Paca-peds Superwash Alpaca Sock Yarn, $20\%$ Superfine Alpaca, $65\%$ Superwash Wool & $15\%$ Nylon, 360 yds/100g(3.5 oz.).-1 skein. Color in the photo is $\#604$ Fireside. Needles: Size $7/4.5\mathrm{mm}$ needles, Size F crochet hook(for fringe). Gauge: 6 1/2 st & 10 1/2 rows per inch with size $7/4\mathrm{mm}$ needles in Woven st. Finished size: 6 inches wide & 60 inches long without fringe. Notes: The woven stitch used in this pattern usually makes a dense,sif fabric. That is why I used a bigger needle. So if you switch yarns go up about four or five needle sizes from the recommended size fo1 that yarn.
Stitch Guide:
Woven Stitch[WS](over an odd number of sts):
Row 1[RS]: K1, \*wyf sl 1 purlwise, wyb, kl, repeat from \* to end of row. Row 2[WS]: P2, \*wyb, sl 1 purlwise, wyf, pl, repeat from \* to end of row.
Scarf:
First cut 82 pieces of yarn that are 9 inches long. This is for the fringe. Cast on 41 sts. Knit in Woven Stitch until scarf is 60 inches long or longer if you have more yarn. Bind off and weave in loose ends.
Finishing:
Insert crochet hook into one cast on stitch and take a piece of fringe folded in half and pull through stitch. Remove the crochet hook and bring the ends of the fringe through the loop. Pull the ends to secure. Continue with the remaining 40 stitches on the cast on edge, using one piece of yarn for each stitch. Then repeat for bind off end. Enjoy your beautiful woven scarf! bet: between BO: bind off CC: contrasting color cn: cable needle. CO: cast on cont:continue(s); continuing $\mathbf{dec}(\mathbf{s})$ decrease(s); decreasing dpn: double-pointed needle(s) foll: following; follows inc: increase(); increasing k: knit klf&b: knit into front and back of same st inc) k2tog: knit two sts together (dec) kwise: knitwise $\mathbf{m}(\mathbf{s})$ : marker(s) Magic Loop: this is a method of working in the round using a large circular needle instead of dpns. MC: main color p: purl pif&b: purl into front and back of same st (inc) p2tog: purl two sts together pm: place marker psso: pass slip st over. pwise: purlwise rep: repeat; repeating RS: right side sl: slip ssk: sl 1 kwise, sl I kwise, k2 sl sts tog tbl (dec). ssp: sl I kwise, sl I kwise, p2 sl sts tog tbl (dec). st: stitch(es) St st: stockinette stitch tbl:through back loop tog: together WS: wrong side wyb: with yarn in back wyf: with yarn in front yn (）:alternate measurements and/orinstructions; instructions that are to be worked as a group a specified number of times.
Backward Loop Cast On:
After placing a slip knot on the needle, hold the needle in one hand and the working end of the yarn in the other. Hold the thumb of the yarnhand in the air, like a "thumbs-up". Rotate the thumb down and toward the body, between the working end and the body, then up and behind the working end, and back to a "thumbs-up",creating a loop around the thumb. Slide the needle point from the palm along the thumb toward the thumbnail, underneath the yarn loop. Slip the thumb out and tighten the loop with the working end. One stitch created. When knitting the first row, the original slip knot can be knitted as an additional stitch or dropped and pulled out.
Elizabeth Zimmerman's Sewn Bind Off:
preak working yarn leaving $2^{\circ}$ tor every st to be bound off. Thread yarn into a blunt tapestry needle. Insert the tapestry needle into the first st on the needle as if to knit, and slip this st off the knitting needle. \*Insert the tapestry needle pwise into the next two sts, leaving them on the knitting needle and pull the yarn through. Insert the tapestry needle into'the first st on the needle as if to knit and slip this st off the needle. Repeat from \* until all sts have been bound off.
Seed st (also called British Moss St):
For odd # of st: K1, (pl, kl) to end of row. For even # of st: Row I: \*K1, pl, repeat from \* to end of row. Row 2: \*P1, k1, repeat from \* to end of row. American Moss st (also called Double Moss St): For odd # of st: Rows I & 4:K1, (p1, kl) to end of row. Rows 2 & 3: Pl, (k1, pl) to end of row. For even # of st: Rows 1 & 2: $\ast\mathrm{Kl}$ , pl, repeat from \* to end of row. Rows 3 & 4: \*P1, kl, repeat from \* to end of row. The 4 rows equal one set. Any of these techniques that you are unfamiliar with can be found on google, usually with a video demonstration. I have found them very helpfu
